The purpose of this investigation is to apply Gold's (1989) typology of sibling relationships to the study of adult-sibling use of relational maintenance behaviors and perceptions of relational characteristics. Participants were 196 adults who targeted a sibling whose birthday was closest to their own and completed a series of instruments in reference to the targeted sibling. It was found that whether individuals classified their sibling relationships as intimate, congenial, loyal, or apathetic=hostile was reflected in their self-reported use of relational maintenance behaviors, their perceptions of their targeted siblings' use of relational maintenance behaviors with them, and their perceptions of the relational characteristics associated with the sibling relationship.To date, family communication researchers have studied extensively the role that relational maintenance behaviors play in the adult-sibling relationship. They have examined the frequency with which relational maintenance behaviors are used across
Using men's (N = 125) reports of their relationships with their fathers and sons, the authors examined intergenerational transmission of family communication patterns (i.e., conformity and conversation orientations) and gender ideologies (i.e., masculinity, femininity, and androgyny). Significant correlations emerged between the conformity orientation and masculinity gender ideology and the conversation orientation and androgyny gender ideology. Additionally, results suggest men model their fathers' conformity orientations but neither model nor compensate for their fathers' conversation orientations. Findings support the links between communication patterns and gender ideologies, while demonstrating how men's identities are influenced by the ideologies they accept and transmit within the family.
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