Bullying in the family: sibling bullying

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Original citation: Wolke, Dieter, Tippett, Neil and Dantchev, Slava. (2015) Bullying in the family : sibling bullying. The Lancet Psychiatry. Permanent WRAP url:http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/67729 Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work of researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. Publisher statement:http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/issue/current A note on versions: The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP url' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. AbstractSibling relationships have a significant and lasting impact on children's development. Many siblings experience some occasional conflict, however, up to 40% are exposed to sibling bullying every week, a repeated and harmful form of intra-familial aggression. Evidence on the precursors, relationship with peer bullying, and mental health consequences of sibling bullying are reviewed. Parenting quality and behaviour are the intra-familial factors most strongly related to bullying between siblings. Sibling bullying increases the risk of being involved in peer bullying, and is independently associated with concurrent and early adult emotional problems, including distress, depression and self-harm. The effects appear to be cumulative, with those bullied by both siblings and peers having highly increased emotional problems, likely because they have no safe place to escape from bullying. The link between sibling and peer bullying suggests interventions should start at home. Health professionals should ask about sibling bullying and interventions are needed for families to prevent and reduce the health burden associated with sibling bullying.Bullying in the Family: Sibling Bullying

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“…Brody & Stoneman, 1987;Ralph et al, 2003). Furthere, destructive patterns of sibling conflict are linked with a myriad of troublesome social and behavioural problems (Kramer, 2004), including bullying (Wolke, Tippett, & Dantchev, 2015).…”

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