Love Them and Hate Them: The Developmental Appropriateness of Ambivalence in the Adolescent Sibling Relationship

Kinship, family composition and household dynamics among siblings are developed positively or negatively in early life right through adulthood. Hence, the purpose of this paper is highlight the importance of family environment in influencing sibling relationship, with emphasis on sibling rivalry. Determining the factors that contribute towards sibling competition is important in counselling and assisting individuals with family issues. From a quantitative research approach, the findings showed that sibling relationships are problematic and has led to jealousies and prejudices especially if parents take sides. Family ties depend on happy sibling interactions which indirectly affects socio-economic developments as social ills are resolved. In ameliorating these private and sensitive issues among family members, the holistic society will benefit psychologically and happiness as well as a better quality of life will be attained.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Sibling rivalry; family; quality of life; socio-economic impact

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Introduction

10.1093/oso/9780198823384.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Bernard Capp

Keyword(s):

Sibling Relationship ◽

King Lear ◽

As You Like It ◽

Parents And Children ◽

The Family

This chapter introduces the issues, surveys briefly the existing literature, and sets out the scope of the book. It summarizes contemporary views on the appropriate relationship between siblings, especially the rights and responsibilities of an elder brother towards his sisters and younger brothers. Contemporaries saw these as grounded in both nature and scripture, but recognized too the strength of sibling rivalries and resentments over favouritism and inheritance. These were often explored in contemporary drama, such as Shakespeare’s As You Like It and King Lear, and in social commentaries and polemic. The imagery of brotherhood and sisterhood pervaded the language as well as literature of the period, both as tokens of friendship and (in the case of elder/younger brothers) of oppression within the family. In language as in life, the sibling relationship was a heated and divisive issue for both parents and children.

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Kin detection cues and sibling relationship quality in adulthood: The role of childhood co-residence duration and maternal perinatal association

Evolution and Human Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.05.004 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Antti O. Tanskanen ◽

Mirkka Danielsbacka ◽

Anna Rotkirch

Keyword(s):

Relationship Quality ◽

Sibling Relationship ◽

Sibling Relationship Quality

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The sibling relationship: a force for growth and conflict

Educational Psychology in Practice ◽

10.1080/02667363.2011.650425 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 105-106

Author(s):

Janice Shaw

Keyword(s):

Sibling Relationship

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Correlates of Sibling Relationship Quality and Caregiving Reception of Adults with Disabilities

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities ◽

10.1007/s10882-016-9505-1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 735-750 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Meghan M. Burke ◽

Chung Eun Lee ◽

Catherine K. Arnold ◽

Aleksa Owen

Keyword(s):

Relationship Quality ◽

Sibling Relationship ◽

Sibling Relationship Quality ◽

Adults With Disabilities

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Relational maintenance behaviors in the sibling relationship

Communication Quarterly ◽

10.1080/01463370109385612 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 19-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Scott A. Myers ◽

Joshua Black ◽

Adam Bukaty ◽

Alexa Callin ◽

Lindsay A. Davis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sibling Relationship ◽

Relational Maintenance ◽

Maintenance Behaviors ◽

Relational Maintenance Behaviors

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Rural/Urban Elderly and Siblings: Their Value Consensus

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/v5au-dmtg-6f9l-l4r8 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 149-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Patricia K. Suggs ◽

Vira R. Kivett

Keyword(s):

Multiple Regression Model ◽

Sibling Relationship ◽

Urban Elderly ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Residential Proximity ◽

Adult Sibling ◽

Educational Backgrounds ◽

The Family ◽

Sibling Similarity ◽

Level Of Agreement

Consensus is the level of agreement about life felt among kin and has been identified as a dimension of family solidarity with important implications for the family network. This investigation studied the factors contributing to the consensus between older adults (age sixty-five and older) and the sibling with whom they had the most contact. Respondents ( N = 275) lived in a rural/urban area. Seven independent variables were entered into a multiple-regression model to determine their relative importance to consensus of the sibling relationship. Results showed that 7 percent of the variance in consensus could be explained. Filial expectations, educational disparity, and the brother/sister link were the only variables of relative importance to older adult/sibling consensus. There was greater consensus when there were fewer expectations of the sibling, similarity of educational backgrounds, and when the respondent was male and his sibling was female. Brother/sister and brother/brother links, residential proximity, communication by mail or telephone, helping behaviors, and marital status were of no relative importance to consensus. The results suggest that factors previously found to be associated with intergenerational consensus may vary in their importance to intragenerational consensus.

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