Change in maternal perception of sibling negativity: within- and between-family influences.

Abstract

Change in maternal report of sibling negativity was investigated in 313 sibling dyads from 171 families taking part in a longitudinal, general population survey in the United Kingdom. The inclusion of multiple dyads per family allowed for the emergence of 3 novel elements for sibling research: an examination of within-family similarity on sibling relationship quality, modeling within-family similarity as a function of the shared environment and the differentiation of family-wide and dyad-specific predictors. Moderate similarity on sibling negativity was found across different sibling dyads and similarity was higher in 2 versus lone-parent families. Maternal negativity, genetic relatedness, age of the oldest child in the dyad, and the interaction between lone-parent status and maternal differential treatment were found to predict change in sibling negativity.

Externalizing behavior trajectories: The role of parenting, sibling relationships and child personality

“…Parent-child agreement on sibling relationships was quite modest (correlations around .20) but nonetheless significant at p b .05. This was consistent with previous studies suggesting that parents' and children's perspectives do not mimic each other and should therefore be seen as complementary (Jenkins, Dunn, O'Connor, Rasbash, & Behnke, 2005). For these reasons, mean scores for parents and children were computed for the Companionship/Involvement and Affection scales and for the Conflict and Hostility scales.…”

Young Adult Sibling Relations: The Effects of Perceived Parental Favoritism and Narcissism

“…It is unclear whether similarity promotes fusion or whether siblings attain differentiation or choose their "niche" through conflict and dissimilarity (Feinberg et al, 2005;Jenkins et al, 2005). Hoffman (1991) suggests that dissimilarity is not surprising, considering the variety in objective and subjective family experiences because of birth order, age differences, gender, genetics, and idiosyncratic experiences.…”

Family-focused autism spectrum disorder research: A review of the utility of family systems approaches

“…It is recommended that researchers use, where appropriate, analytical techniques that model the characteristics of FS data. Examples of applications of multilevel models in family research include Snijders and Kenny (1999) and Jenkins et al (2005). 3.…”