Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span

Cicirelli, Victor G.

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“…Research on normative sibling relationships in later life indicates that siblings turn to one another for assistance when other relationships are lost because of death, divorce, or geographic relocation (Bedford, 1998;Cicirelli, 1995). Because few persons with schizophrenia marry or have children, most siblings are aware that one day they may be called upon to assume a more active caregiving role when their parents are no longer able to continue in this role.…”

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“…Quality of life research on adults with schizophrenia demonstrates that the receipt of emotional support is a powerful predictor of life satisfaction in persons with mental illness (Caron, Tempier, Mercier, & Leouffre, 1998;Yanos, Rosenfeld, & Horwitz, 2001). This speaks to the importance of working with adults with schizophrenia and their siblings today to strengthen these bonds of affection, as the quality of the current relationship helps form the sibling's expectation about his or her future role as a source of emotional support for the brother or sister with schizophrenia.Contrary to our hypothesis, we found that siblings expected to take on a more active caregiving role in the future when their brother or sister was experiencing more behavior problems.Research on normative sibling relationships in later life indicates that siblings turn to one another for assistance when other relationships are lost because of death, divorce, or geographic relocation (Bedford, 1998;Cicirelli, 1995). Because few persons with schizophrenia marry or have children, most siblings are aware that one day they may be called upon to assume a more active caregiving role when their parents are no longer able to continue in this role.…”

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Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: Expectations about future caregiving roles.

Smith

Greenberg

Seltzer

2007

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Sibling expectations to provide future instrumental or emotional support for a brother or sister with schizophrenia when parents became disabled or died were examined. Data came from a sample of 137 siblings participating in a longitudinal study of aging families of adults with schizophrenia. Early socialization experiences, the quality of the sibling relationship, and personal caregiver gains propel siblings toward a future caregiving role, whereas geographic distance and beliefs about the controllability of psychiatric symptoms reduce expectations of future involvement. Keywords family caregiving; sibling relationships; schizophrenia; mental illness; caregiver gainsWith the rise of deinstitutionalization in the 1960s, many persons with mental illness turned to their families for support because of the lack of adequate community-based services. Even today, with the presence of an array of community services, family members, in particular parents, are often required to step in to fill in the gaps in the service system. However, as parents age, their capacity to provide support diminishes and ultimately ends (Lefley, 1987). It is generally assumed that siblings will become the next generation of caregivers for adults with mental illness (Hatfield & Lefley, 2000;Horwitz, 1993;Wasow, 2000). However, little is known about the willingness of siblings to take on a future caregiving role or the factors that may propel or deter siblings from taking on this role in the future. In this study, we investigate two research questions: (1) To what extent do siblings expect to be involved in future caregiving tasks for a brother or sister with schizophrenia? (2) What factors influence sibling expectations for assuming a future caregiving role for a brother or sister?This study extends our prior work on the role of siblings as future caregivers for adults with mental illness in three important ways. First, in our earlier work, the outcome was limited to whether or not siblings expected to be involved in the future direct care of their brother or sister with mental illness. In this study, we asked siblings about their caregiving expectations or intentions with respect to a broad range of instrumental tasks and emotionally supportive activities. We focused on behavioral expectations or intentions toward future involvement because intentions, although not the sole determinant of behavior, are better predictors of behaviors than attitudes (Fishbein, Hennessy, Yzer, & Douglas, 2003). Second, we gathered data on a much richer array of factors that may influence the extent to which siblings expect to provide instrumental and emotional support to their brother or sister with mental illness when their parents are no longer able to assume a caregiving role. Third, whereas our earlier NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript study focused on siblings of persons who had a broad range of serious mental illnesses (e.g., depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia), in this study we narrowed our fo...

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Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: Expectations about future caregiving roles.

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Greenberg

Seltzer

2007

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…The social ties developed in sibling relationships can have wide ranging infl uences. Studies have found that positive quality of sibling relationships and interactions can facilitate the acquisition of skills that are important in cognitive and social development (8,9) . More specifi cally, it has been found that positive sibling relationships help children develop social skills and provide emotional support (10) , protect children from other family adversities, such as adverse life events (11) , or marital confl icts (12) , or poor peer relationships (13) .…”

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Bullying among siblings

Wolke

Skew

2012

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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Background : Parents are often concerned about repeated confl icts between their daughters and sons. However, there is little empirical research of sibling bullying. Objective : To conduct a review of existing studies of sibling bullying. Are there any associations between sibling bullying and peer bullying at school ? What are the consequences of sibling bullying ? Is there good justifi cation why sibling bullying has been so neglected in research ? Method : Studies of sibling relationships were reviewed. Four quantitative studies were identifi ed that report on both sibling and peer bullying. Results : Sibling bullying is frequent with up to 50 % involved in sibling bullying every month and between 16 % and 20 % involved in bullying several times a week. Experience of sibling bullying increases the risk of involvement in bullying in school. Both, bullying between siblings and school bullying make unique contributions to explaining behavioral and emotional problems. There is a clear dose-effect relationship of involvement of bullying at home and at school and behavioral or emotional problems. Those involved in both have up to 14 times increased odds of behavioral or emotional problems compared to those involved in only one context or not at all. Conclusions : The empirical evidence is limited and studies are mostly cross-sectional studies. Nevertheless, the review suggests that for those victimized at home and at school behavioral and emotional problems are highly increased. Sibling relationships appear to be a training ground with implications for individual well-being. Strengthening families and parenting skills and increasing sibling support is likely to reduce bullying and increase well-being.

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“…Sibling relationships entail powerful emotional bonds, expressed in competition, rivalry, and envy on the one hand and solidarity, support, and amicability on the other (Bank and Kahn 1982;Cicirelli 1995). The sibling tie is also one of the longestlasting relations in people's lives: siblings often share more years of their lives with one another than they share with their parents.…”

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“…The sibling tie is also one of the longestlasting relations in people's lives: siblings often share more years of their lives with one another than they share with their parents. Although sociologists and psychologists have paid a fair amount of attention to sibling relationships (Allan 1977;Schvaneveldt and Ihinger 1979;Bank and Kahn 1982;Goetting 1986;Bedford 1989;Lee et al 1990;Connidis 1992;Cicirelli 1995;White 2001), little is known of how siblings, and their mutual ties, shape demographic behaviour. Recently, Hobcraft has made a plea for the inclusion, among other things, of personal ties as explanatory factors in demography (2006, pp.…”

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The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829–1940

Bras

Neven

2007

Population Studies

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To cite this Article Bras, Hilde and Neven, Muriel(2007) 'The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829-1940 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00324720601048319 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00324720601048319Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld.com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden.The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. This study explores the extent to which the presence and activities of siblings shaped the chances of women migrating to rural and urban areas in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands during the second half of the nineteenth and first decades of the twentieth century. Shared-frailty Cox proportional hazard analyses of longitudinal data from historical population registers show that siblings exerted an additive impact on women's migration, independently of temporal and household characteristics. Just how siblings influenced women's migration depended on regional modes of production and on employment opportunities. In the Zeeland region, sisters channelled each other into service positions. In the Pays de Herve, where men and women found industrial work in the Walloon cities, women were as much influenced by their brothers' activities. Evidence is found for two mechanisms explaining the effects of siblings: microeconomic notions of joint-household decision-making and social capital theory.

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Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span

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Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: Expectations about future caregiving roles.

Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: Expectations about future caregiving roles.

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The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829–1940

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