Sibling Aggression and Abuse

Encyclopedia entry about sibling victimization in the Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development.

We explore whether there are common family characteristics (family climate, interparental conflict, parenting) in the prediction of sibling and peer victimization. Knowledge of shared familial elements of sibling and peer victimization could benefit family violence…

This study examined how emerging adults' perpetration of aggression toward a sibling closest in age was longitudinally associated with their sibling relationship quality. Perpetration of sibling aggression was predictive 4 years later of less sibling warmth,…

We document four patterns of sibling victimization (Persist, New, Desist, and None) across two time points and their association with peer victimization at time two and whether these linkages are apparent in early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence.

Sibling victimization was related to more mental health problems and delinquency over and above the effect of child abuse and neglect.

Sibling conflict and aggression is often a pervasive part of family life that parents want help managing and can have negative effects on children’s well-being. The purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate current research regarding programs to reduce sibling…

Controlling for other forms of maltreatment and individual and family characteristics, children with a physical disability and parent-perceived children who are thinner than average and children who are overweight experienced more sibling victimization.

To understand the role of family adversity in the onset and desistance of sibling victimization, we examined school-age children’s sibling victimization patterns using 2 waves of longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample. An increase in family…

Perpetration of aggression toward a sibling is common and has negative health consequences in late adolescence suggesting this issue should be targeted to improve adolescents' sibling dynamics and physical health.

Children and adolescents experience more violence, abuse, and criminal victimisation than do other segments of the population.