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  • Quality of sibling relationship and parental differential treatment in a sample of Portuguese adolescents
    Publication . Relva, Inês; Alarcão, Maria Madalena Santos Silva de Noronha de; Fernandes, Otília Monteiro; Graham-Bermann, Sandra A
    Abstract: Siblings are extremely important in adolescent life. We intent to study how sibling attachment, parental differential treatment and the use of conflict tactics resolution in siblings relationship are related. In a sample of 192 Portuguese adolescents aged between 11 and 16 we applied Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, sibling version; the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales – Sibling Version and the Sibling Inventory Differential Experience. The results show that an equal parental treatment are associated with positive way of solving conflicts between siblings; boys reported more distance from siblings than girls, and a negative sibling relationship seems to influence the occurrence of sibling violence. This study stresses the importance of parents and practitioners in promoting earlier closeness between siblings.