Effects of Parental Differential Treatment on Relationship Quality with Siblings and Parents: Justice Evaluations as Mediators

Based on equity theory, the present study analyzes to what extent justice evaluations mediate the effects of perceived parental differential treatment (PDT) on relationship quality with siblings and parents as experienced in middle adulthood. Middle-aged adult offspring (N = 709) rated how often the...

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Published inSocial justice research Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 155 - 182
Main Authors Boll, Thomas, Ferring, Dieter, Filipp, Sigrun-Heide
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.06.2005
Subjects
Adults
Affectivity
Evaluation
Family relations
Offspring
Parent-child relations
Siblings
Social justice
Social policy
Studies
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Summary:Based on equity theory, the present study analyzes to what extent justice evaluations mediate the effects of perceived parental differential treatment (PDT) on relationship quality with siblings and parents as experienced in middle adulthood. Middle-aged adult offspring (N = 709) rated how often they and a sibling received parental recognition, nurturance, and demands for assuming filial responsibility. In addition, they indicated their justice evaluations of PDT and completed measures of relationship quality to sibling and parents. Justice evaluations emerged as either partial or complete mediators between PDT and relationship quality. Moreover, justice evaluations turned out to be more powerful predictors of relationship quality to parents than PDT per se. Implications are discussed concerning factors contributing to justice evaluations and the role of PDT within the context of other justice issues in families.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0885-7466
1573-6725
DOI:10.1007/s11211-005-7367-2