T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, 951S Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ, 85287-3701, USA.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 601 Oswald, University Park, PA, 16801, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Oct;47(10):2100-2113. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0871-0. Epub 2018 Jun 20.
Sibling relational aggression is an important but understudied dimension of sibling relationships that has potential implications for adolescents' adjustment. This study examined the longitudinal associations between being the target of sibling relational aggression and adolescent adjustment (i.e., depressive symptoms, risky behavior, self-worth, and romantic competence) among younger and older siblings over a three-year period in adolescence. The moderating roles of birth order, sibling gender, and sibling dyad gender constellation also were tested. Participants were 196 European American adolescent (firstborn-secondborn) sibling pairs who were 16.47 years (SD = 0.80) and 13.88 years (SD = 1.15) of age, respectively, at the onset of this study. Data were collected separately from each sibling during home interviews. Multilevel models revealed that being the target of sibling relational aggression was associated with all four adjustment outcomes at the between-person level, and with risky behavior and romantic competence at the within-person level. However, some of these effects were moderated by sibling dyad characteristics. Although often overlooked in the literature on adolescence, sibling relationship dynamics play a key role in youth development and adjustment.
同胞关系中的侵犯行为是一个重要但研究不足的领域，它可能对青少年的适应产生影响。本研究考察了在青少年时期的三年内，被同胞关系侵犯的目标与青少年的适应（即抑郁症状、冒险行为、自我价值感和浪漫能力）之间的纵向关联。还测试了出生顺序、兄弟姐妹性别和兄弟姐妹对偶性别组合的调节作用。参与者是 196 对欧洲裔美国青少年（长子/次子）兄弟姐妹，他们在本研究开始时分别为 16.47 岁（SD=0.80）和 13.88 岁（SD=1.15）。数据是通过家庭访谈分别从每个兄弟姐妹那里收集的。多层次模型显示，在个体间水平上，被同胞关系侵犯与所有四个适应结果相关，在个体内水平上与冒险行为和浪漫能力相关。然而，这些效应中的一些受到兄弟姐妹对偶特征的调节。尽管在青少年文献中经常被忽视，但兄弟姐妹关系动态在青年发展和适应中起着关键作用。
