Buist Kirsten L, Paalman Carmen H, Branje Susan J T, Deković Maja, Reitz Ellen, Verhoeven Marjolein, Meeus Wim H J, Koot Hans M, Hale William W
Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University.
VU University Medical Centre.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2014 Apr;20(2):266-75. doi: 10.1037/a0033675. Epub 2013 Aug 26.
The aim of the present study was to examine whether adolescents of Moroccan and Dutch origin differ concerning sibling relationship quality and to examine whether the associations between quality of the sibling relationship and level and change in externalizing and internalizing problem behavior are comparable for Moroccan and Dutch adolescents. Five annual waves of questionnaire data on sibling support and conflict as well as externalizing problems, anxiety and depression were collected from 159 ethnic Moroccan adolescents (Mage = 13.3 years) and from 159 ethnic Dutch adolescents (Mage = 13.0 years). Our findings demonstrated significant mean level differences between the Moroccan and Dutch sample in sibling relationship quality, externalizing problems, and depression, with Moroccan adolescents reporting higher sibling relationship quality and less problem behavior. However, effects of sibling relationship quality on externalizing problems, anxiety, and depression were similar for the Moroccan and Dutch samples. Sibling support was not related to level of externalizing problems, nor to changes in externalizing problems, anxiety, and depression. Additionally, more sibling conflict was related to a higher starting level of and faster decreases in problem behaviors. Our results support the ethnic equivalence model, which holds that the influence of family relationships is similar for different ethnic groups. Moreover, sibling support and conflict affect both the level and the fluctuations in problem behavior over time in specific ethnic groups similarly. Implications for future studies and interventions are subsequently discussed.
本研究的目的是考察摩洛哥裔和荷兰裔青少年在同胞关系质量方面是否存在差异，并考察同胞关系质量与外化问题行为和内化问题行为的水平及变化之间的关联对于摩洛哥裔和荷兰裔青少年是否具有可比性。我们从159名摩洛哥裔青少年（平均年龄 = 13.3岁）和159名荷兰裔青少年（平均年龄 = 13.0岁）那里收集了关于同胞支持与冲突以及外化问题、焦虑和抑郁情况的五轮年度问卷数据。我们的研究结果表明，摩洛哥裔和荷兰裔样本在同胞关系质量、外化问题和抑郁方面存在显著的平均水平差异，摩洛哥裔青少年报告的同胞关系质量更高，问题行为更少。然而，同胞关系质量对摩洛哥裔和荷兰裔样本的外化问题、焦虑和抑郁的影响是相似的。同胞支持与外化问题行为的水平无关，也与外化问题、焦虑和抑郁的变化无关。此外，更多的同胞冲突与问题行为的更高起始水平以及更快下降有关。我们的结果支持种族等效模型，该模型认为家庭关系对不同种族群体的影响是相似的。此外，同胞支持和冲突对特定种族群体中问题行为的水平和随时间的波动的影响类似。随后讨论了对未来研究和干预措施的启示。
