Pike Alison, Coldwell Joanne, Dunn Judith F
Psychology Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
J Fam Psychol. 2005 Dec;19(4):523-32. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.4.523.
The overarching goal of the study was to identify links between sibling relationship quality in early/middle childhood with children's adjustment, having accounted for the effects of parent-child relationship quality. The sample consisted of 101 working and middle-class 2-parent English families with 2 children ages 4-8 years. Parents provided reports of sibling relationship quality, the parent-child relationship, and the children's prosocial and problematic behaviors. The children also provided reports of their familial relationships with a puppet interview. Results indicated that sibling relationship quality was associated with the older siblings' adjustment, controlling for the children's relationships with parents. In addition, the pattern of findings suggested that positivity within the sibling relationship was more strongly linked with child adjustment than was sibling conflict.
该研究的总体目标是在考虑亲子关系质量影响的情况下，确定儿童早期/中期的兄弟姐妹关系质量与儿童适应能力之间的联系。样本包括101个英国双职工中产阶级家庭，每个家庭有两个4至8岁的孩子。父母提供了关于兄弟姐妹关系质量、亲子关系以及孩子亲社会行为和问题行为的报告。孩子们还通过木偶访谈提供了他们家庭关系的报告。结果表明，在控制了孩子与父母关系的情况下，兄弟姐妹关系质量与哥哥姐姐的适应能力相关。此外，研究结果模式表明，兄弟姐妹关系中的积极方面比兄弟姐妹冲突与孩子的适应能力联系更紧密。
