Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
J Youth Adolesc. 2011 Apr;40(4):490-501. doi: 10.1007/s10964-010-9576-8. Epub 2010 Jul 30.
Sibling relationships and parental support are important for adolescents' development and well-being, yet both are likely to change during adolescence. Since adolescents participate in both the sibling relationship and the parent-child relationship, we can expect sibling relationships and parental support to be associated with each other. Theoretically, it can be expected that there is either a spillover from one relationship to another (congruence hypothesis) or that one relationship can compensate for the other (compensation hypothesis). However, research examining these associations in adolescence is limited. The present study longitudinally investigated the bidirectional associations between sibling relationships and parental support during adolescence. For five consecutive years, data were collected using self-reports of 428 families, consisting of a father, a mother, and two adolescent siblings. The mean ages of the first-born (52.8% males) and second-born (47.7% males) were 15 and 13 years at T1, respectively. For the second-born siblings, prospective associations were found between sibling relationships and adolescent-reported parental support in early adolescence, with no differences between same-sex and mixed-sex dyads. These associations were not found for first-born siblings or for parents' reports of support. The findings suggest a spillover from the sibling relationship to adolescent-reported parental support only in early adolescence. Findings and implications are discussed in terms of the congruence/spillover and the compensation hypothesis.
兄弟姐妹关系和父母支持对青少年的发展和幸福感很重要，但两者都可能在青少年时期发生变化。由于青少年同时参与兄弟姐妹关系和亲子关系，我们可以预期兄弟姐妹关系和父母支持会相互关联。从理论上讲，可以预期一种关系会对另一种关系产生溢出效应（一致性假设），或者一种关系可以弥补另一种关系（补偿假设）。然而，在青少年时期研究这些关联的研究有限。本研究纵向调查了青少年时期兄弟姐妹关系和父母支持之间的双向关联。连续五年，通过对 428 个家庭的父亲、母亲和两个青少年兄弟姐妹的自我报告收集数据。长子（52.8%为男性）和次子（47.7%为男性）的平均年龄分别为 T1 时的 15 岁和 13 岁。对于次子，在青少年早期发现了兄弟姐妹关系与青少年报告的父母支持之间的前瞻性关联，同性和异性对之间没有差异。对于长子或父母报告的支持，没有发现这些关联。研究结果表明，只有在青少年早期，兄弟姐妹关系才会对青少年报告的父母支持产生溢出效应。研究结果和意义是根据一致性/溢出假设和补偿假设来讨论的。
