Blazo Jordan A, Smith Alan L, Whiteman Shawn D, Kashy Deborah A
Louisiana Tech University, USA.
Utah State University, USA.
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 May;72:102613. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102613. Epub 2024 Feb 25.
Siblings are overlooked, yet potentially meaningful social agents in youth sport. To better understand the role of siblings in youth sport, we examined the association between sibling sport-referenced comparisons, relationship qualities, and perceived sport competence. The tendency to make sibling comparisons was expected to be positively related to sport competence perceptions and this association was further expected to be moderated by markers of sibling relationship quality. Participants were 47 sport-involved sibling dyads that included older siblings (25 female, 22 male, M = 10.94 ± 1.49 yrs) who were predominately first-born children (83%) and their younger siblings (23 female, 24 male participants, M = 8.45 ± 1.01 yrs) who were mostly second-born children (79%). Participants completed established assessments of comparison tendency, sibling relationship qualities, and sport competence perceptions. Analyses revealed a three-way interaction between birth position (younger or older sibling), tendency to compare, and sibling warmth predicting sport competence (p < .05). Younger siblings with a greater tendency to make sibling comparisons and higher warmth perceptions reported higher sport competence perceptions. The findings suggest that sibling-based comparisons and relational warmth may be salient for younger siblings in gauging their competence, whereas older siblings utilize alternative sources of competence information.
兄弟姐妹在青少年体育中常被忽视，但他们可能是有意义的社会影响因素。为了更好地理解兄弟姐妹在青少年体育中的作用，我们研究了与兄弟姐妹运动相关的比较、关系质量和感知运动能力之间的关联。我们预计进行兄弟姐妹比较的倾向与运动能力感知呈正相关，并且这种关联还会受到兄弟姐妹关系质量指标的调节。研究参与者为47对参与体育运动的兄弟姐妹，其中包括年龄较大的兄弟姐妹（25名女性，22名男性，平均年龄M = 10.94 ± 1.49岁），他们大多是头胎出生的孩子（83%），以及年龄较小的兄弟姐妹（23名女性，24名男性参与者，平均年龄M = 8.45 ± 1.01岁），他们大多是二胎出生的孩子（79%）。参与者完成了关于比较倾向、兄弟姐妹关系质量和运动能力感知的既定评估。分析结果显示，出生顺序（年龄较大或较小的兄弟姐妹）、比较倾向和兄弟姐妹温暖程度之间存在三方交互作用，共同预测运动能力（p < 0.05）。进行兄弟姐妹比较倾向较强且对兄弟姐妹温暖程度感知较高的年龄较小的兄弟姐妹，其运动能力感知得分更高。研究结果表明，基于兄弟姐妹的比较和关系温暖程度，可能对年龄较小的兄弟姐妹评估自身能力具有重要意义，而年龄较大的兄弟姐妹则利用其他能力信息来源。
