The contextual influences of sibling and dating relations on adolescents' personal relations with their close friends, dating partners, and parents: The Sullivan-Piaget-Hartup hypothesis considered

• Published in: New directions for child and adolescent development Vol. 1999; no. 84; pp. 71 - 86
• Main Authors: Bigelow, Brian J., Tesson, Geoffrey, Lewko, John H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germantown Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 1999
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Adolescent Development; Adolescents; Adult; Context Effect; Dating (Social); Female; Friendship; Humans; Identity Formation; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Ontario; Parent Child Relations; Parent Child Relationship; Parental Influence; Peer Influence; Peer Relationship; Piaget (Jean); Psychological Theory; Sibling Relations; Sibling Relationship; Siblings; Significant Others; Social Conventions; Social Rules; Sullivan (Harry Stack); Surveys and Questionnaires; Theories
• ISSN: 1520-3247; 1534-8687
• DOI: 10.1002/cd.23219998407

Examines the effect of having a sibling or a dating partner on adolescents' relationships with others, focusing on the social rules used in relationships with peers, siblings, and parents. Data support a model of relationship management using siblings as stepping-stones of egalitarian peer features to the world of friends and authoritative parent features to the world of dating. (KB)