Parental beliefs about managing sibling conflict

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9791456
AutoresLisa Perozynski (New Mexico State University Carlsbad, autor de correspondencia), Laura Kramer (0000-0002-7417-2396), Laurie Kramer
Año1999
Volumen35
Número2
Páginas489-499
Fecha de publicación1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0012-1649.35.2.489
PMID10082019
OpenAlexW4254890333
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas18

This study examined the correspondence between parents' beliefs about the most effective ways to manage sibling conflict and their responses to their children's spontaneous sibling conflicts. Eighty-eight 2-child, 2-parent families participated in 3 home sessions. Second-born children were 3-5 years old, and firstborn children were 2-4 years older. Parents' use of a particular conflict management strategy was based, in part, on their perception of how effective the strategy was and how well they could carry out the strategy. For example, mothers' use of child-centered strategies was predicted by their belief that parental control strategies were ineffective. Fathers' use of control strategies was predicted by their low confidence in enacting child-centered techniques. Although both mothers and fathers perceived child-centered and control strategies as more effective than passive nonintervention, parents engaged in passive nonintervention most often

Birth order · Conflict management · Conflict resolution · Developmental psychology · Firstborn · Perception · Population · Sibling · Sibling relationship · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology · Social Psychology