“…Girls tend to exhibit higher prosocial skills (i.e., warmth, nurturance, perspective taking) and boys tend to show more aggressive and oppositional behaviors during conflict with siblings (Abramovitch et al, 1980;Brody et al, 1985). Older sisters have been shown to be especially positive interaction partners (Buhrmester & Furman, 1990;Dunn et al, 1999) especially when their younger sibling is a girl (Kier & Lewis, 1998). In contrast, boys have been found to have more conflict with their siblings and are more likely to engage in destructive conflict resolution strategies (i.e., physical aggression) (Brody et al, 1985).…”