Effects of Siblings of the opposite Sex on Friendship

Burker, Eileen J.; Goldstein, Marvin; Caputo, G. Craig

doi:10.2466/pr0.1981.48.1.190

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“…Surprisingly, the possibility that brothers might learn how to express intimacy from their sisters was not supported by the study of Updegraff and his colleagues (2000). Similarly, Burker, Goldstein and Caputo (1981) found that whereas men with sisters felt less comfortable interacting with opposite-sex friends than men without sisters did, the reverse pattern was observed among women. Thus, the effect of siblings on cross-sex friendship quality in adolescence remains unclear.…”

Section: Opportunity Structures and Cross-sex Friendship Satisfactionmentioning

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Correlates of cross-sex friendship satisfaction in Hong Kong adolescents

Cheung¹,

McBride‐Chang

2007

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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During adolescence, the number of cross-sex friends increases dramatically. This study focused on correlates of adolescents' cross-sex friendship satisfaction. Three hundred and twenty Hong Kong secondary four (10th grade) students were asked to rate their best cross-sex friends on the Friendship Satisfaction Scale (Tsuzuki & Matsui, 2000). Masculinity, school type, total number of cross-sex friends, and both generic and unique friendship motives significantly explained 48.9% of adolescents' satisfaction with their cross-sex friends. Thus, variables ranging from individual traits to opportunity structures can all be useful in understanding adolescents' cross-sex friendship development.

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Section: Opportunity Structures and Cross-sex Friendship Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Correlates of cross-sex friendship satisfaction in Hong Kong adolescents

Cheung¹,

McBride‐Chang

2007

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Sex-of-Sibling Effects: A Review Part II. Personality and Mental and Physical Health

Wagner

Schubert

1996

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

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Behavioral, Affective, and Social Correlates of Involvement in Cross-Sex Friendship in Elementary School

Kovacs¹,

Parker²,

Hoffman³

1996

Child Development

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The purpose of this study was to compare children with and without cross-sex friends on measures of social and cognitive competence, endorsement of sex-role stereotypes, and family composition. Subjects were 723 third and fourth graders (377 girls, 346 boys) from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds; 35% were African American. Measures included sociometric assessments of peer acceptance, friendship, and behavioral reputation, as well as self-reports of perceived self-competence and endorsement of sex-role stereotypes. In addition, teachers completed ratings of children's social and cognitive competence. In all, 92 children, about 14% of the sample, had one or more reciprocal opposite-sex friends; for 21 of these children, their cross-sex friendships were their primary or only friendships. African American children were more likely than European American children to have opposite-sex friends. Involvement in cross-sex friendships was unrelated to the gender make-up of the classroom but was related to family structure. Comparisons of the children who had primarily or only cross-sex friends to matched groups of children who had only same-sex friends and to children who had cross-sex friends secondarily to same-sex ones revealed a number of differences between the groups in social competence and relationships with peers. Overall, children with primarily opposite-sex friends had poorer social skills than other children with friends, although they were less stereotyped about sex roles than other children, and were better adjusted than children with no friends on most measures. In contrast, children involved in opposite-sex friendship secondarily to same-sex friendship were as well adjusted socially as children with only same-sex friendships. These results suggest that children with cross-sex friends differ among themselves, depending on the primacy of the cross-sex relationship.

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Effects of Siblings of the opposite Sex on Friendship

Cited by 5 publications

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Correlates of cross-sex friendship satisfaction in Hong Kong adolescents

Correlates of cross-sex friendship satisfaction in Hong Kong adolescents

Sex-of-Sibling Effects: A Review Part II. Personality and Mental and Physical Health

Behavioral, Affective, and Social Correlates of Involvement in Cross-Sex Friendship in Elementary School

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