Sibling relationships : their nature and significance across the lifespan /: their nature and significance across the lifespan. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael E. Lamb, Brian Sutton-Smith.
• Other Names: Lamb, Michael E, 1953-; Sutton-Smith, Brian
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1. Sibling Relationships Across the Lifespan: An Overview and Introduction; Overview; Siblings as Agents of Socialization; Outline of the Volume; Summary; 2. The Effect of the Newborn on the Older Sibling: Mothers' Questionnaires; Method; Results; Discussion; Concluding Comment; 3. Siblings and Their Mothers: Developing Relationships Within the Family; Introduction; The Study; Conclusions; 4. Patterns of Sibling Interaction Among Preschool-age Children; Introduction; Overview of the Studies; Conclusion. 5. Sibling Relationships in Middle ChildhoodIntrapersonal Experience of Sibling Relationships in Middle Childhood; Interpersonal Encounters Between Siblings In Middle Childhood; Siblings as Caretakers; Pets as Second-Order Modifiers or Sibling Surrogates; Conclusion; 6. Sibling Deidentification and Split-Parent Identification: A Family Tetrad; Studies in Sibling Deidentification; Studies of Split-Parent Identification; Family Tetrad: Structure and Function; 7. Birth Order and Sibling Status Effects; Psychological Primogeniture; Sibling Status and Sex Role Effects. 8. Life Span Personality Stability in Sibling StatusThe Study; Discussion; 9. Important Variables in Adult Sibling Relationships: A Qualitative Study; Perceived Closeness; Perceived Sibling Rivalry; Critical Incidents; Concluding Remarks; 10. Intense Sibling Loyalties; Loyalty Defined; How Loyalty is Demonstrated; Sibling Loyalty: Benefits and Burdens; 11. Sibling Influence Throughout the Lifespan; Existence of the Sibling Relationship; Nature of the Sibling Relationship; Sibling Influence; Conclusions; 12. Only Children in America; The American Context; Only Children; Summary and Conclusions. 13. Sibling Interdependence and Child Caretaking: A Cross-Cultural ViewIntroduction; Sibling Caretaking During Childhood: Hawaiian and Polynesian Examples; Functional Allegiances of the Adult Sibling Group: Marriage and Property; Conclusion; 14. Sibling Relationships in Nonhuman Primates; Introduction; Some Basic Issues in the Study of Sibling Relationships; Two Contrasting Approaches to the Study of Sibling Interactions; Kinship and Social Structure: Who are the Siblings and Who Are the Peers?; The Development of Sibling Relationships: Two Illustrative Cases. Implications for Study of Sibling Relationships in Humans15. Similarities and Differences Among Siblings; An Overview of the Chapter; Genetic Sources of Sibling Similarities and Differences; Environmental Theories of Sibling Differences; Genotype-Environment Correlations; Conclusions; Epilogue: Framing the Problem; Author Index; Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 401 pages)
• Subjects: 155.9/24; Brothers and sisters; Developmental psychology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development; PSYCHOLOGY -- General; Brothers and sisters; Developmental psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317769576; 1317769570; 1306344824; 9781306344821; 9781315802787; 1315802783; 9781317769583; 1317769589
• Related ISBNs: 9780898591897
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.