Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80140, Utrecht, TC, 3508, The Netherlands.
Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Youth Adolesc. 2019 Jun;48(6):1190-1202. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01009-y. Epub 2019 Mar 8.
The sibling relationship has an important impact on children's emotional functioning, but it is yet unclear whether and how sibling relationship quality affects adolescent depressive symptoms over time. This study contributes to existing knowledge by examining the relative importance of three aspects of sibling relationship quality (i.e., support, conflict and power balance) on the one hand and sibling depressive symptoms on the other hand in predicting adolescent depressive symptoms over time. Additionally, this study examined whether these influence patterns were moderated by perceived sibling relationship quality and by dyadic gender composition. Across six annual waves, 412 Dutch adolescents (57% boys; M = 12.34 years) and their older siblings (47% boys; M = 15.36 years) reported on depressive symptoms and sibling relationship quality. Cross-lagged panel analyses showed that only sibling depressive symptoms and not perceived relationship quality predicted adolescent depressive symptoms one year later. This effect was not moderated by sibling relationship quality or gender composition. These results indicate that sibling depressive symptoms may be a risk factor for adolescent depressive symptoms.
兄弟姐妹关系对儿童的情绪功能有重要影响，但目前尚不清楚兄弟姐妹关系质量是否以及如何随时间影响青少年的抑郁症状。本研究通过考察兄弟姐妹关系质量的三个方面（即支持、冲突和权力平衡）和兄弟姐妹抑郁症状对青少年抑郁症状随时间变化的预测作用，为现有知识做出了贡献。此外，本研究还考察了这些影响模式是否受到感知到的兄弟姐妹关系质量和对偶性别组成的调节。在六个年度波次中，412 名荷兰青少年（57%为男生；平均年龄为 12.34 岁）及其年龄较大的兄弟姐妹（47%为男生；平均年龄为 15.36 岁）报告了抑郁症状和兄弟姐妹关系质量。交叉滞后面板分析表明，只有兄弟姐妹的抑郁症状而不是感知到的关系质量可以预测一年后青少年的抑郁症状。这种效应不受兄弟姐妹关系质量或性别组成的调节。这些结果表明，兄弟姐妹的抑郁症状可能是青少年抑郁症状的一个风险因素。
