Training Parents to Mediate Sibling Disputes Affects Children's Negotiation and Conflict Understanding

Smith, Jeremy S.; Ross, Helen E.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01033.x

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“…Besides communicating this message directly to parents during pediatric visits, another avenue to disseminate this message would be to have popular parent education programs (eg, Triple P Positive Parenting Program) to include a greater focus on sibling aggression and successful mediation of sibling conflicts. 25 An important next step is to gather longitudinal data to further examine the implications of various patterns of sibling aggression experiences for mental health and whether these patterns vary by birth order and gender.…”

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Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Tucker¹,

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OBJECTIVE: Sibling aggression is common but often dismissed as benign. We examine whether being a victim of various forms of sibling aggression is associated with children’s and adolescents’ mental health distress. We also contrast the consequences of sibling versus peer aggression for children’s and adolescents’ mental health. METHODS: We analyzed a national probability sample (n = 3599) that included telephone interviews about past year victimizations conducted with youth aged 10 to 17 or an adult caregiver concerning children aged 0 to 9. RESULTS: Children ages 0 to 9 and youth ages 10 to 17 who experienced sibling aggression in the past year (ie, psychological, property, mild or severe physical assault), reported greater mental health distress. Children ages 0 to 9 showed greater mental health distress than did youth aged 10 to 17 in the case of mild physical assault, but they did not differ for the other types of sibling aggression. Comparison of sibling versus peer aggression generally showed that sibling and peer aggression independently and uniquely predicted worsened mental health. CONCLUSIONS: The possible importance of sibling aggression for children’s and adolescents’ mental health should not be dismissed. The mobilization to prevent and stop peer victimization and bullying should expand to encompass sibling aggression as well.

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Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Tucker¹,

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“…In particular, the findings provide partial support for previous research that has demonstrated a parenting program can improve sibling relationship functioning (Feinberg et al, 2013;Ross & Lazinski, 2014). The findings add weight to the body of research that showed that the extent to which parents involve themselves in their children's disputes is likely to influence their children's sibling relationships (Brody, 1998;Smith & Ross, 2007). The findings also support the claims made by Tucker et al (2013) and Wolke et al (2015) that parenting programs may be a useful tool in promoting improved relationships among siblings.…”

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“…Previous research identified that parents are key players in shaping the quality of their children's sibling relationships (Ross & Lazinski, 2014). The extent to which parents involve themselves in their children's quarrels, and the strategies they use when doing so, are highly predictive of sibling relationship outcomes (Brody, 1998;Smith & Ross, 2007 (Kramer, 2010).…”

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“…The researchers found that children responded appropriately to mediation and concluded that mediation empowered children, particularly younger siblings, to solve conflict issues. Smith and Ross (2007) examined the effects of training parents to use formal mediation procedures in sibling disputes and found that children whose parents were trained in mediation used more constructive conflict resolution strategies, compromised more often, and controlled the outcomes of conflicts more often in mediation families than in control families. Observations indicated less negativity in children's independent negotiations of recurrent conflicts, better understanding of the role of interpretation in assessing blame, and better knowledge of their siblings' perspectives in the mediation group.…”

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Innovation, engagement, and the evaluation of a parenting intervention for improving sibling relationships

Pickering¹

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Siblings play an integral role in shaping each other's psychosocial development. Sibling relationships marked by positive, prosocial interactions provide an ideal platform for individuals to acquire essential life skills that will benefit them throughout life. On the other hand, early sibling relationships marked by elevated levels of hostility and conflict can have serious long-term, negative consequences. Of all the factors that influence the sibling relationship, few are as important as parents. Currently, there are no parenting programs that have been co-constructed with parents in the community to help them with improving their children's sibling relationships.This dissertation seeks to make an important contribution to literature by taking on the challenge of developing and evaluating a parenting program for improving sibling relationships.The feature of this body of work is the evaluation of a version of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program, tailored to the issue of sibling relationships. However, the goal of this dissertation extends beyond an evaluation of program efficacy. This dissertation also examines the process of innovation and engagement throughout the research process. The thesis seeks to demonstrate that innovation and engagement in evidence-based parenting research enhance the capacity to design interventions that fit with community needs and increase the impact of research.Chapter One provides a general introduction to the current body of work. The chapter makes the case for why sibling relationships are worth studying, why parenting programs are a useful tool to improve sibling relationships, and why engaging parents throughout the research process is important. The chapter also articulates an innovation engagement framework that describes the mechanisms associated with linking ideas to impact. Chapter Two provides a model of consumerengaged program development. Using sibling conflict as a case study, the model articulates how evidence-based parenting interventions can be developed in consultation with different members of the community, resulting in benefits to children, families, and the community.Chapter Three presents the outcome data from a national survey of parents on the topic of sibling relationships. The survey bridged an important gap in the literature by incorporating the parent voice as an initial step in designing an intervention for improving sibling relationships. A total of 409 Australian parents completed an online survey relating to their views on sibling behaviours and what, if any, help they desire in dealing with the issue. Parents predominantly required help with conflictual behaviours and attributed the causes of sibling conflict to their child's internal traits, but expressed strong desire for assistance with managing behavioural and verbal problems and reported high levels of acceptability for positive, rather than punitive, parenting strategies. Parents showed a clear preference for parenting interventions delivered in brief, easy to access formats.iii ...

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“…A contrasting approach that involves power assertion has been seen as more singly and immediately aimed toward eliminating conflict, and entails greater use of disciplinary tactics and consequences, such as punishment, threats, or withholding privileges. Despite the obvious differences between these types of approaches, both power assertion (Allison & Allison, 1971;Furman & McQuaid, 1992;Olson & Roberts, 1987) and child-centered methods (Dunn & Munn, 1986;Kramer, 2004;Smith & Ross, 2007) have at times been found effective, leaving little consensus as to the optimal method for reducing conflict. Perhaps due to these seemingly contradictory results and despite the fact that parents are of the opinion that intervention is more effective than nonintervention, the tactic that is most typically adopted by parents of squabbling siblings is nonintervention.…”

Section: Contextual Determinants Of Adults' Perceptions Of Child Miscmentioning

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The Socialization of Sibling Rivalry

Hart

2010

Handbook of Jealousy

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Training Parents to Mediate Sibling Disputes Affects Children's Negotiation and Conflict Understanding

Cited by 69 publications

References 58 publications

Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Innovation, engagement, and the evaluation of a parenting intervention for improving sibling relationships

The Socialization of Sibling Rivalry

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