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Sibling Relations and Their Impact on Childrens Development

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Family Dynamics and Relationships Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

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Approximately 80% of Western children have at least one sibling. The sibling relationship is likely to last longer than any other relationship in one’s lifetime and plays an integral part in the lives of families. Yet, in comparison to the wealth of studies on parent-child relationships, relatively little attention has been devoted to the role of siblings and their impact on one another’s development. Over the past 25 years, research has focused on sibling relations in early childhood, and the shift from examining the role of structural variables (e.g. age, birth order) towards more process variables (e.g. understanding of their social worlds) has proved to be a fruitful direction. Siblings are viewed as an integral component of family systems,

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