Relational Aggression in Adolescents’ Sibling Relationships: Links to Sibling and Parent‐Adolescent Relationship Quality*

Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Thayer, Shawna M.; Whiteman, Shawn D.; Denning, Donna J.; McHale, Susan M.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00324.x

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“…Similarly, in a longitudinal study following a Canadian sample from age 2 to 8, hostile parenting predicted membership in a trajectory group high on both indirect and physical aggression according to mothers' ratings (no trajectory group emerged for indirect aggression only; Cote, Vaillancourt, Barker, Nagin, & Tremblay, 2007). A study of adolescents' reports of relational aggression within the sibling relationship found that low parental acceptance and parental intervention in sibling conflicts were related to relational aggression between siblings, as were fathers' spending less time with siblings and fathers' favoring younger daughters (Updegraff, Thayer, Whiteman, Denning, & McHale, 2005; this study did not include a measure of relational aggression with peers). This is the first large-scale investigation to examine how authoritarian and authoritative parenting relate to social as well as physical aggression for a middle childhood sample.…”

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Family correlates of children's social and physical aggression with peers: Negative interparental conflict strategies and parenting styles

Underwood

Beron²,

Gentsch³

et al. 2008

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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This investigation examines whether negative interparental conflict strategies (stonewalling, triangulation, verbal aggression, and physical aggression) and parenting styles are related to social and physical aggression with peers for children followed longitudinally from age 9 to 10 (N = 256). Parents reported on negative conflict strategies and parenting styles at the beginning of the study and teachers rated children's social and physical aggression with peers when children were in the 3rd and 4th grades. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that, for girls, mothers' negative interparental conflict strategies were positively associated with both social and physical aggression with peers. Mothers' negative conflict strategies were not related to boys' social and physical aggression at school, fathers' negative conflict strategies were not related to aggression for either gender, and no relations emerged for parenting styles. These results offer partial support for a same-gender modeling hypothesis and suggest that girls' social and physical aggression at school may be related to watching mothers resolve marital disputes by engaging in triangulation, stonewalling, and verbal and physical aggression with partners.

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Section: Parenting Styles and Children's Social And Physical Aggressionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Family correlates of children's social and physical aggression with peers: Negative interparental conflict strategies and parenting styles

Underwood

Beron²,

Gentsch³

et al. 2008

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…Immigrant siblings spent more time together, were more intimate, and provided greater social support 59,64,65 , while native born US siblings experienced greater conflict and bullying 6,7,30 . It is not yet clear how cultural differences interact with other societal characteristics, such as socioeconomic status or parenting behaviour, to affect sibling relationships 26 .…”

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“…Child maltreatment or adult-to-child violence significantly increases the risk of sibling victimisation and bullying perpetration 6,43,45,47 . Similarly, a lack of parental warmth 59 , harsh parenting 1 , and low supervision 59,62 have also been linked with more bullying between siblings. Studies on general sibling conflict 66,67 , as well as on sibling bullying 59 , identified a link with differential parental treatment of siblings, suggesting that sibling bullying may be motivated by inequality and a desire to improve one's status, thus mimicking the motivations that underlie bullying at school 37 .…”

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Bullying in the family: sibling bullying

Wolke

Tippett

Dantchev

2015

The Lancet Psychiatry

148

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Original citation: Wolke, Dieter, Tippett, Neil and Dantchev, Slava. (2015) Bullying in the family : sibling bullying. The Lancet Psychiatry. Permanent WRAP url:http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/67729 Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work of researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. Publisher statement:http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/issue/current A note on versions: The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP url' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. AbstractSibling relationships have a significant and lasting impact on children's development. Many siblings experience some occasional conflict, however, up to 40% are exposed to sibling bullying every week, a repeated and harmful form of intra-familial aggression. Evidence on the precursors, relationship with peer bullying, and mental health consequences of sibling bullying are reviewed. Parenting quality and behaviour are the intra-familial factors most strongly related to bullying between siblings. Sibling bullying increases the risk of being involved in peer bullying, and is independently associated with concurrent and early adult emotional problems, including distress, depression and self-harm. The effects appear to be cumulative, with those bullied by both siblings and peers having highly increased emotional problems, likely because they have no safe place to escape from bullying. The link between sibling and peer bullying suggests interventions should start at home. Health professionals should ask about sibling bullying and interventions are needed for families to prevent and reduce the health burden associated with sibling bullying.Bullying in the Family: Sibling Bullying

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“…Furthermore, similar to physical aggression, for children in early childhood, the older sibling’s use of relational aggression predicted the younger sibling’s relational aggression towards peers (Ostrov et al, 2006). Updegraff et al, (2005) suggest that relational aggression between siblings may disrupt feelings of closeness in the sibling relationship and may be a way for children to observe and learn relational aggression. Taken together, the research on physical and relational aggression suggests that siblings have the potential to influence each other’s levels of relational and physical aggression.…”

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“…Additionally, children with affect-intense sibling relationships report less behavior problems than those with relationships marked by conflict (Buist & Vermande, 2014). In contrast, displays of relational aggression are most likely to occur in the context of less emotional support and more negativity between siblings (Updegraff et al, 2005). Thus, a sibling with a high level of social skills may have a better relationship with the child, possibly resulting in less physical and relational aggression between the siblings and contributing to an overall decrease in the child’s use of aggression.…”

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The Role of Placement History and Current Family Environment in Children’s Aggression in Foster Care

Perry

Price

2017

J Child Fam Stud

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Predictors of the physical and relational aggressive behavior of children in foster care were examined (N = 160, 50.9% male, M age = 7.57, SD = 2.39). First, predictors representative of children’s placement histories were examined in relation to the children’s aggression at T1. Next, predictors representing characteristics of the current family environment were examined in relation to the children’s aggression at T2 (four months later). Results revealed that a greater number of prior group home placements and being in a non-kinship home were associated with higher physical aggression at T1. A greater number of prior group home placements, a fewer number of regular home placements, being in a non-kinship home, and prior removal from the home due to neglect were associated with higher relational aggression at T1. The results also revealed that higher foster sibling relational aggression at T1 predicted lower child physical aggression at T2. If foster siblings were biological children of the foster parent, higher levels of a foster sibling’s physical aggression at T1 predicted reduced child physical aggression at T2. The opposite pattern was observed if foster siblings were not biological children of the foster parent. Lastly, longer time in the current placement, more children in the home, and the presence of a sibling that was a biological child of the parent predicted higher child relational aggression at T2. These findings provide initial insights into how placement history and current family environment are associated with the physical and relational aggressive behavior of children in foster care.

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Relational Aggression in Adolescents’ Sibling Relationships: Links to Sibling and Parent‐Adolescent Relationship Quality*

Cited by 69 publications

References 40 publications

Family correlates of children's social and physical aggression with peers: Negative interparental conflict strategies and parenting styles

Family correlates of children's social and physical aggression with peers: Negative interparental conflict strategies and parenting styles

Bullying in the family: sibling bullying

The Role of Placement History and Current Family Environment in Children’s Aggression in Foster Care

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