Explaining sibling similarities: Perceptions of sibling influences

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 963-972

  Whiteman, Shawn D ^a,c   McHale, Susan M ^b   Crouter, Ann C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sibling influence; Sibling similarities; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548785096     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9135-5     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Ansbacher HL, Ansbacher RR (1956) The individual psychology of Alfred Adler. Basic Books, New York
2. Ary DV, Tildesley E, Hops H, Andrews J (1993). The influence of parent, sibling, and peer modeling and attitudes on adolescent use of alcohol. Int J Addict 28:853-880
3. Bandura A (1977) Social learning theory. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
4. Bank L, Patterson G, Reid J (1996) Negative sibling interaction patterns as predictors of later adjustment problems in adolescent youth and adult males. In: Brody GH (ed) Sibling relationships: Their causes and consequences. Ablex, New York, pp 197-229
5. Blyth D, Hill J, Thiel K (1982) Early adolescents' significant others: Grade and gender differences in perceived relationships with familial and nonfamilial adults and young people. J Youth Adolesc 11:425-450
6. Brody G, Stoneman Z, McCoy JK (1992) Parental differential treatment of siblings and sibling differences in negative emotionality. J Marriage Fam 54:643-651
7. Carpenter C, Huston A, Spera L (1989) Children's use of time in their everyday activities during middle childhood. In: Boch MN, Pelegrini AD (eds) The ecological context of children's play. Ablex, Norwood, NJ, pp 165-190
8. Cohen J (1988) Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences, 2nd edn. Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
9. D'Amico EJ, Fromme K (1997) Health risk behaviors of adolescent and young adult siblings. Health Psychol 16:426-432
10. Dunn J (1998) Siblings, emotion, and development of understanding. In: Braten S (ed) Intersubjective communication and emotion in early ontogeny: Studies in emotion and social interaction. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp 158-168
11. Dunn J, Plomin R (1990) Separate lives: Why siblings are so different. Basic Books, New York
12. East PL (1998) Impact of adolescent childbearing on families and younger siblings: Effects that increase younger siblings' risk for early pregnancy. Appl Dev Sci 2:62-74
13. Eccles J, Barber B (1990) The risky behavior scale. University of Michigan, Unpublished manuscript
14. Furman W, Buhrmester D (1985) Children's perceptions of the qualities of sibling relationships. Child Dev 56:448-461
15. Fagan AA, Najman JM (2005) The relative contributions of parental and sibling substance use to adolescent tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use. J Drug Issues 35:869-884
16. Forster J, Chen V, Blaine T, Perry C, Toomey T (2003) Social exchange of cigarettes by youth. Tob Control 12:148-154
17. Harter S (1982) The perceived competence scales for children. Child Development 53:87-97
18. Koch HL (1956) Sissiness and tomboyishness in relation to sibling characteristics. J Genet Psychol 88:231-244
19. Kowal A, Kramer L (1997) Children's understanding of parental differential treatment. Child Dev 68:113-126
20. McGue M, Sharma A, Benson P (1996) The effect of common rearing on adolescent adjustment: Evidence from a U.S. adoption cohort. Dev Psychol 32:604-613
21. McHale SM, Crouter AC (1996) The family contexts of children's sibling relationships. In: Brody G (ed) Sibling relationships: Their causes and consequences. Ablex, Norwood, NJ, pp 173-195
22. McHale SM, Crouter AC, Bartko WT (1992) Traditional and egalitarian patterns of parental involvement: Antecedents, consequences, and temporal rhythms. In: Featherman D, Lerner R, Perlmutter M (eds) Life-span development and behavior, vol 2. Erlbaum, New York, pp 49-81
23. McHale SM, Crouter AC, Tucker CJ (2001) Free-time activities in middle childhood: Links with adjustment in early adolescence. Child Dev 72:1764-1778
24. McHale SM, Crouter AC, Tucker CJ (1999) Family context and gender socialization in middle childhood: Comparing girls to boys and sisters to brothers. Child Dev 70:990-1004
25. McHale SM, Updegraff KA, Jackson-Newsom J, Tucker CJ, Crouter AC (2000) When does parents' differential treatment have negative implications for siblings? Soc Dev 9:149-172
26. Patterson GR (1984) Siblings: Fellow travelers in coercive family processes. In: Blanchard RJ (ed) Advances in the study of aggression. Academic Press, New York, pp 174-214
27. Patterson GR, Dishion TJ, Bank L (1984) Family interaction: A process model of deviancy training. Aggressive Behav 10:253-267
28. Posner JK, Vandell DL (1999) After school activities and the development of low-income children: A longitudinal study. Dev Psychol 35:868-879
29. Plomin R, Daniels D (1987) Why are children in the same family so different from one another? Behav Brain Sci 10:1-60
30. Rafaelli M (1992) Sibling conflict in early adolescence. J Marriage Fam 54:652-663
31. Rende R, Slomkowski C, Lloyd-Richardson E, Niaura R (2005) Sibling effects on substance use in adolescence: Social contagion and genetic relatedness. J Fam Psychol 19:611-618
32. Rowe D, Gulley B (1992) Sibling effects on substance abuse and delinquency. Criminology 30:217-233
33. Scarr S, Weinberg RA (1983) The Minnesota adoption studies: Genetic differences and malleability. Child Dev 54:260-267
34. Schacter FF, Gilutz G, Shore E, Adler M (1978) Sibling deidentification judged by mothers: Cross validation and developmental studies. Child Dev 49:543-546
35. Schacter FF, Shore E, Feldman-Rotman S, Marquis RE, Campbell S (1976) Sibling Deidentification. Dev Psychol 12:418-427
36. Slomkowski C, Rende R, Conger KJ, Simons RL, Conger RD (2001) Sisters, brothers, and delinquency: Evaluating social influence during early and middle adolescence. Child Dev 72:271-283
37. Slomkowski C, Rende R, Novak S, Lloyd-Richardson E, Niaura R (2005) Sibling effects on smoking in adolescence: Evidence for social influence from a genetically informed design. Addiction 100:430-438
38. Stocker CM, McHale SM (1992) Links between sibling and parent-child relationships in early adolescence. J Pers Soc Relationships 9:175-195
39. Sutton-Smith B, Rosenberg BG (1970) The sibling. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
40. Trim RS, Leuthe E, Chassin L (2006) Sibling influence on alcohol use in a young adult, high-risk sample. J Stud Alcohol 67:391-398
41. Tucker CJ, Barber BL, Eccles J (1997) Advice about life plans and personal problems in late adolescent sibling relationships. J Youth and Adolesc 26:63-76
42. Windle M (2000) Parental, sibling, and peer influences on adolescent substance use and alcohol problems. Appl Dev Sci 4:98-110