Research Articles

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Brief report: Physical health of adolescent perpetrators of sibling aggression
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.
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
A holistic approach to child maltreatment
Children and adolescents experience more violence, abuse, and criminal victimisation than do other segments of the population.
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Family dynamics and young children's sibling victimization
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…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Proactive and reactive sibling aggression and adjustment in adolescence
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…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Sibling and peer victimization in childhood and adolescence
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 and Abuse
Association of sibling aggression with child and adolescent mental health
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…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Parental responses to school-aged children’s sibling conflict
The goals of this study were: (1) to describe and compare parental responses to school-aged siblings’ conflicts; (2) to explore the sibling relationship structural correlates of the parental responses; and (3) to assess the links between type of parental response and…
Sibling Rivalry and Conflict
Prevalence and correlates of sibling victimization types
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…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Inter-parental conflict and sibling warmth during adolescence: Associations with female depression in emerging adulthood
This study examined whether female emerging adults' recalled sibling warmth moderated the relationship between exposure to inter-parental conflict in adolescence and their current depression.
Sibling proactive and reactive aggression in adolescence
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.
Sibling Aggression and Abuse