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Wendy C. Gamble - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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young children s Sibling Relationship interactional types associations with family characteristics parenting and child characteristics
Early Education and Development, 2014Co-Authors: Wendy C. GambleAbstract:Research Findings: This study examines patterns of Sibling Relationship qualities or interactional types and their association with family characteristics, parenting, and the characteristics of 1 of those children. Participants were 65 children (34 boys; Time 1 mean age = 51 months), their mothers, fathers, and Head Start teachers. Approximately 95% of the mothers and 92% of the fathers were of Mexican descent. Measures of parenting and children's problem behavior were completed during the spring (Time 1) of the 1st year of the study. Sibling Relationships were assessed twice the next year (Times 2 and 3). Family emotional expressivity and cultural values were obtained at Time 2. Three clusters emerged from analyses: warm, average, and affect-intense. Results revealed that the Sibling Relationship type characterized by high warmth and low agonism was associated with supportive and democratic parenting and positive family expressivity as reported by mothers. Mothers' simpatia and fathers' familism were ass...
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self representations in early adolescence variations in Sibling similarity by sex composition and Sibling Relationship qualities
Social Development, 2010Co-Authors: Wendy C. Gamble, Noel A CardAbstract:Self-representations play an important role in adolescent development. This study compared self-representations for Siblings and explored whether Sibling Relationship characteristics are associated with similarities or differences in Sibling self-concepts. We examined self-representations of 438 adolescent Sibling dyads (M age younger Sibling = 11.6 years, M age older = 14.3 years), finding that Siblings are, on average, similar in their self-representations. This similarity varied, however, depending on sex composition and Sibling Relationship qualities. Results indicated that Sibling modeling, warmth, and conflict were especially influential in predicting Sibling resemblance vs. dissimilarity. © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Pathways of Influence: Marital Relationships and Their Association with Parenting Styles and Sibling Relationship Quality
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008Co-Authors: Wendy C. GambleAbstract:We investigated the associations among marital Relationship quality, mothers’ parenting styles, and young children’s Sibling Relationship quality drawing on the principles of family systems theory. Survey data were collected from 130 mothers who had a target child (mean age = 4.6 years) with a Sibling close in age. The sample consisted of participants who self-identified as Mexican-American (49%), European-American (20%), and Taiwanese in Taiwan (24%). Structural equation modeling was used to test the direct and indirect effects of marital Relationships on children’s Sibling Relationship quality through parenting styles and the reciprocal association between Sibling Relationship quality and parenting styles. The findings revealed evidence of a direct effect of marital Relationships on Sibling Relationship quality and bidirectional relations between Sibling Relationships and parenting styles. The importance of research on bidirectional associations between Sibling relations and parenting styles is discussed.
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family emotional climate and Sibling Relationship quality influences on behavioral problems and adaptation in preschool aged children
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2007Co-Authors: Kerri L Modrymandell, Wendy C. Gamble, Angela R TaylorAbstract:We examined the impact of family emotional climate and Sibling Relationship quality on behavioral problems and adaptation in preschool-aged children. Participants were 63 mothers with a preschool-aged child enrolled in a Southern Arizona Head Start Program. Siblings were identified as children closest in age to target child. Mothers of predominantly Mexican descent (95%) participated in home interviews during the Fall and Spring of the year children entered center-based programs. Sibling Relationship quality (warmth, agonism/competition) was proposed to predict children’s adjustment (behavioral problems and adaptation) longitudinally. Results indicate that after controlling for child characteristics (temperament, child gender, birth order) and after accounting for family characteristics (family emotional expressiveness, child exposure to interparental conflict, and parental agreement on childrearing), Sibling warmth made a significant and unique contribution to child adjustment as reported by mothers and teachers six months later. Findings are consistent with existing research indicating that Sibling Relationships impact children’s adjustment and shape young children’s lives in meaningful and marked ways. Moreover, these associations were found with an understudied sample of young children of predominantly Mexican descent in low-income families, and thus make an important contribution to knowledge in the field.
Jiyeon Kim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sibling Relationship family and genetic factors in Sibling similarity in sexual risk
Journal of Family Psychology, 2009Co-Authors: Susan M Mchale, Joanna Bissell, Jiyeon KimAbstract:Siblings' risky attitudes toward sex and pregnancy and risky sexual behavior were studied in 1583 dyads from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. We tested moderators of the links between 2 Siblings' reports of sexual risk as well as mediators of the links between Siblings' genetic similarity and similarity in their sexual risk. Siblings' sexual risk reports were correlated, and consistent with social learning predictions, associations were stronger between Siblings with close Relationships and in same-gender dyads and, to a lesser extent, between more genetically similar Siblings and those closer in age. Consistent with behavior genetics' hypotheses about gene-environment correlations, similarity in family warmth and Sibling Relationship closeness mediated associations between Siblings' genetic similarity and similarity in their sexual risk.
Mona Bekkhus - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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associations between Sibling Relationship quality and friendship quality in early adolescence looking at the case of twins
Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2016Co-Authors: Mona Bekkhus, Mara Brendgen, Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, Frank Vitaro, Ginette Dionne, Michel BoivinAbstract:Bidirectional pathways between twin Relationship quality and friendship quality were investigated in a large longitudinal twin cohort. We examined negative and positive Relationship features in 313 monozygotic (MZ) twins and 238 same-sex dizygotic (DZ) twins from ages 13 to 14 years, using latent structural modeling. Results showed stronger stability of the twin Relationship quality compared to friendship quality. Positive features in the Sibling Relationship were associated with increased positive features in the Relationship with the best friend a year later. In contrast, no significant association between negative Sibling Relationship features and change in negative friendship quality features was found. These findings speak to the important role of the Sibling Relationship in the development of good quality friendship relations in twins.
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do twins differ from single born children on rates of behavioral difficulty in early childhood a study of Sibling Relationship risk factors
Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2014Co-Authors: Mona Bekkhus, S Staton, Anne I H Borge, Karen ThorpeAbstract:The hypothesis that twinning raises risk for behavioral difficulties in childhood is persistent, yet there is limited and inconsistent empirical evidence. Simple mean comparison without control for confounders provides data on prevalence rates but cannot provide knowledge about risk or etiology. To assess the effect of twin Relationship on behavior, comparison of patterns of association with single-born Siblings may be informative. Analyses of data from an Australian sample of twins and single-born children (N = 305, mean age 4 years 9 months, and a follow-up 12 months later) were undertaken. The outcome measure was the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Predictor and control measures were obtained from parent report on the Sibling/co-twin Relationship behavior, family demographics, and obstetric history. We assessed difference between twins and single-born children in two respects: (a) mean behavioral difficulties, and (b) patterns of association between Sibling Relationship and behavioral difficulties, controlling for confounders. Results showed no differences in mean levels of behavioral difficulties between twins and single-born Siblings identifying the importance of statistical control for family and obstetric adversity. Differences in patterns of association were found; for twin children, conflict in their co-twin Relationship predicted externalizing behaviors, while for single-born children conflict predicted internalizing behaviors. The findings of mean differences between twin and single-born children in social background, but not in behavioral difficulties, underscore the necessity of statistical control to identify risk associated with twinning compared with risk associated with family and obstetric background factors. Copyright
Noel A Card - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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self representations in early adolescence variations in Sibling similarity by sex composition and Sibling Relationship qualities
Social Development, 2010Co-Authors: Wendy C. Gamble, Noel A CardAbstract:Self-representations play an important role in adolescent development. This study compared self-representations for Siblings and explored whether Sibling Relationship characteristics are associated with similarities or differences in Sibling self-concepts. We examined self-representations of 438 adolescent Sibling dyads (M age younger Sibling = 11.6 years, M age older = 14.3 years), finding that Siblings are, on average, similar in their self-representations. This similarity varied, however, depending on sex composition and Sibling Relationship qualities. Results indicated that Sibling modeling, warmth, and conflict were especially influential in predicting Sibling resemblance vs. dissimilarity. © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Richard P Hastings - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Siblings of children with williams syndrome correlates of psychosocial adjustment and Sibling Relationship quality
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2019Co-Authors: Katie Cebula, Amanda Gillooly, Laura K Coulthard, Deborah M Riby, Richard P HastingsAbstract:Abstract Background Previous research has examined adjustment in parents of children with Williams syndrome (WS), but little is known about Sibling outcomes. Aims To explore Sibling adjustment and Relationship quality, and their demographic, psychological and behavioural phenotypic correlates from the perspective of caregivers and Siblings in families of children with WS. Methods and procedures Forty-one caregivers of children with WS participated in this questionnaire study on the adjustment and Relationship quality of the Siblings. In 31 of these families, self-report data were also provided by the Siblings themselves. Data were also gathered on potential correlates, including anxiety and social functioning in the child with WS, caregiver mental health, and Sibling social support. Outcomes and results Sibling adjustment was similar to population norms, though significantly increased caregiver-reported emotional difficulties were found. Siblings reported greater behavioural, emotional and Relationship difficulties than caregivers perceived them to have. Some significant associations were found between the behaviour of the child with WS, Sibling behaviour problems and Sibling Relationship quality. Conclusions and implications A picture of relatively positive Sibling adjustment and Relationships emerged, but findings of individual differences and some emotional difficulties emphasise the need for an individualised approach to support in families of children with WS.
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self reported behaviour problems and Sibling Relationship quality by Siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder
Child Care Health and Development, 2014Co-Authors: Richard P Hastings, Michael A PetalasAbstract:Background There are few published research studies in which Siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) provide self-reports about their own behavioural and emotional problems and their Sibling Relationships. Reliance on parent reports may lead to incomplete conclusions about the experiences of Siblings themselves. Methods Siblings 7–17 years and their mothers from 94 families of children with ASD were recruited. Mothers reported on family demographics, the behavioural and emotional problems of their child with ASD, and on their own symptoms of depression. Siblings reported on their Relationship with their brother or sister with ASD, and Siblings 11+ years of age also self-reported on their behavioural and emotional problems. Results Compared with normative British data, Siblings reported very slightly elevated levels of behavioural and emotional problems. However, none of the mean differences were statistically significant and all group differences were associated with small or very small effect sizes – the largest being for peer problems (effect size = 0.31). Regression analysis was used to explore family systems Relationships, with Sibling self-reports predicted by the behaviour problems scores for the child with ASD and by maternal depression. Maternal depression did not emerge as a predictor of Siblings' self-reported Sibling Relationships or their behavioural and emotional problems. Higher levels of behaviour problems in the child with ASD predicted decreased warmth/closeness and increased conflict in the Sibling Relationship. Conclusions These data support the general findings of recent research in that there was little indication of clinically meaningful elevations in behavioural and emotional problems in Siblings of children with ASD. Although further research replication is required, there was some indication that Sibling Relationships may be at risk where the child with ASD has significant behaviour problems.
