Sibling Aggression and Abuse

This research examines how family dynamics like interparental conflict, family violence, and quality of parenting are associated with young children’s experiences of sibling victimization. We use nationally representative data from interviews with caregivers of 1,726…

We find that proactive sibling aggression increases risk for problem substance use and delinquent behavior, reactive sibling aggression increases risk for depressed mood and delinquent behavior, and such results are observed even with statistical adjustments for…

This study examined how victimizations by either a sibling or peer are linked to each other and to mental health in childhood and adolescence. This work establishes that for some children and adolescents, victimization at the hands of other juveniles happens both at…

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…

The goal of this study was to document the prevalence and correlates of any past year sibling victimization, including physical, property, and psychological victimization, by a co-residing juvenile sibling across the spectrum of childhood from one month to 17 years…

We describe sibling proactive and reactive aggression in middle and late adolescence. Participants were 8th and 12th grade adolescents who completed an in-school survey.