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Self-representations in early adolescence: Variations in sibling similarity by sex composition and sibling relationship qualities

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posted on 2023-05-17, 17:33 authored by Gamble, WC, Yu, JJ, Card, NA
Self-representations play an important role in adolescent development. This study compared self-representations for siblings and explored whether sibling relationship characteristics are associated with similarities or differences in sibling self-concepts. We examined self-representations of 438 adolescent sibling dyads (M age younger sibling = 11.6 years, M age older = 14.3 years), finding that siblings are, on average, similar in their self-representations. This similarity varied, however, depending on sex composition and sibling relationship qualities. Results indicated that sibling modeling, warmth, and conflict were especially influential in predicting sibling resemblance vs. dissimilarity. © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Publication title

Social Development

Issue

19

Pagination

148-169

ISSN

0961-205X

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Blackwell Publ Ltd

Place of publication

108 Cowley Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 1Jf

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  • Restricted

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Families and family services

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