Title: Sibling Confirmation as a Moderator of Rivalries and Relational Outcomes in Sibling Relationships
Abstract: This study tested the degree to which confirmation moderated the association between sibling rivalry and relational outcomes in the sibling relationship (i.e., closeness and satisfaction). Participants included 329 young adults who completed online questionnaires concerning their parents’ treatment of them and their siblings, sibling confirmation, and closeness and satisfaction with the sibling relationship. Although parents’ differential treatment (i.e., an indicator of rivalry) was inversely associated with relational closeness and satisfaction in the sibling relationship, sibling confirmation was positively associated with both outcomes. Multivariate tests provided partial support for the hypothesis that sibling confirmation would mitigate the negative effects of parents’ differential treatment on sibling closeness and satisfaction. Notably, confirmation moderated the negative effect of differential treatment on the sibling relationship, but only when young adults reported that their sibling perceives that they are the recipient of their parents’ differential treatment.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-02
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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