TY - JOUR
AU - Bulleit, Thomas N.
AB - To determine the patterning of interactions among siblings and the consistency in children's interactions with siblings and peers, the social behavior of 34 preschool children was observed both in their homes and in their preschools. At home, preschoolers with older siblings received more aggressive and prosocial behavior than did preschoolers without older siblings; they also played frequently with their older siblings. Preschoolers with younger siblings were more dominant in their interactions than were preschoolers without younger siblings, but they displayed certain types of verbal behavior less often, probably because their young siblings had limited language skills. Indicators of sibling status were not strongly related to behavior at school, but girls who did not have any brothers spent more time unoccupied or as onlookers. Few of the correlations between home and school behaviors were significant, but children who were more aggressive toward siblings and children who were more often onlookers or unoccupied at home showed similar behavior with peers.
TI - Effects of Sibling Relationships on Preschoolers' Behavior at Home and at School
JF - Developmental Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.21.5.761
DA - 1985-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/effects-of-sibling-relationships-on-preschoolers-behavior-at-home-and-iLDYQE4g0H
SP - 761
EP - 767
VL - 21
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -