Whiteman Shawn D, Bernard Julia M Becerra, McHale Susan M
Purdue University.
J Marriage Fam. 2010 Apr 1;72(2):267-281. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00698.x.
Guided by research and theory on sibling similarities and differences, this study explored the nature and correlates of two processes of sibling influence-social learning and sibling differentiation-during adolescence. Participants included two adolescent-aged siblings (M = 16.29 years for older siblings and M = 12.59 years for younger siblings, respectively) from 166 two-parent African American families. Significant nonlinear associations between these two influence dynamics and some sibling relationship qualities were discovered. For sibling differentiation, but not social learning, these links were further moderated by sex composition of the sibling dyad. Additional analyses revealed that youths' reports of social learning were generally linked to smaller differences between siblings, whereas differentiation processes were linked to greater differences in siblings' individual characteristics.
在关于兄弟姐妹异同的研究和理论指导下,本研究探讨了青春期兄弟姐妹影响的两个过程——社会学习和兄弟姐妹分化——的本质及其相关因素。参与者包括来自166个双亲非裔美国家庭的两对青少年兄弟姐妹(哥哥平均年龄为16.29岁,弟弟平均年龄为12.59岁)。研究发现这两种影响动态与一些兄弟姐妹关系特质之间存在显著的非线性关联。对于兄弟姐妹分化而非社会学习,这些联系进一步受到兄弟姐妹二元组性别构成的调节。额外分析表明,青少年对社会学习的报告通常与兄弟姐妹之间较小的差异相关,而分化过程则与兄弟姐妹个体特征的较大差异相关。