Lopes Patrícia Pereira, Relva Inês Carvalho, Fernandes Otília Monteiro
1Department of Education and Psycology, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Building of ECHS - Polo I, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
2Centre for Social Studies of University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2017 Sep 27;12(1):11-21. doi: 10.1007/s40653-017-0194-4. eCollection 2019 Mar.
Sibling violence appears to affect the psychological well-being of adolescents, making them susceptible to the development of psychopathological symptomatology. In a sample of 463 Portuguese adolescents with siblings, we intended to ascertain to what extent psychopathological symptomatology varies depending on age and gender; and to analyze whether the tactics of conflict resolution exert a predictor effect on psychopathological symptomatology. The results of the current study showed that females and older adolescents (17-20 years old) seem to be the most vulnerable to psychopathological symptomatology development. We also found that the perpetration of psychological aggression is the only type of violence that positively predicts the evaluated psychopathological symptomatology. Therefore, high rates of sibling violence can be an alert to psychopathological problems that might ensue. Psychological aggression can lead to mental health problems for siblings, so it would be important to implement prevention and intervention programs in this area.
同胞暴力似乎会影响青少年的心理健康,使他们易患精神病理症状。在一个有463名有兄弟姐妹的葡萄牙青少年样本中,我们旨在确定精神病理症状在多大程度上因年龄和性别而异;并分析冲突解决策略是否对精神病理症状产生预测作用。当前研究结果表明,女性和年龄较大的青少年(17 - 20岁)似乎最易出现精神病理症状。我们还发现,心理攻击行为是唯一能正向预测所评估的精神病理症状的暴力类型。因此,同胞暴力的高发生率可能是随后可能出现的精神病理问题的一个警示信号。心理攻击会给兄弟姐妹带来心理健康问题,所以在这一领域实施预防和干预项目很重要。