Reciprocal links among differential parenting, perceived partiality, and self-worth: a three-wave longitudinal study

This study examined reciprocal links between parental differential treatment, siblings' perception of partiality, and self-worth with 3 waves of data from 384 adolescent sibling dyads. Results suggest that birth-order status was significantly associated with self-worth and perception of materna...

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Published inJournal of family psychology Vol. 19; no. 4; p. 633
Main Authors Shebloski, Barbara, Conger, Katherine J, Widaman, Keith F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.2005
Subjects
Adolescent
Birth Order - psychology
Child
Competitive Behavior - physiology
Conflict (Psychology)
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Models, Psychological
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting - psychology
Prospective Studies
Psychology, Adolescent - methods
Self Concept
Sibling Relations
Social Perception
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Summary:This study examined reciprocal links between parental differential treatment, siblings' perception of partiality, and self-worth with 3 waves of data from 384 adolescent sibling dyads. Results suggest that birth-order status was significantly associated with self-worth and perception of maternal and paternal differential treatment. There was a consistent across-time effect of self-worth on perception of parental partiality for later born siblings, but not earlier born siblings, and a consistent effect of differential treatment on perception of partiality for earlier born but not later born siblings. The results contribute new insight into the associations between perception of differential parenting and adolescents' adjustment and the role of birth order.
ISSN:0893-3200
DOI:10.1037/0893-3200.19.4.633