Longitudinal Linkages between Older and Younger Sibling Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Sibling Relationship Quality.

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Author	Buist, Kirsten L. van Tergouw, Marloes S. Koot, Hans M. Branje, Susan
Abstract	The sibling relationship has an important impact on children’s emotional functioning, but it is yet unclear whether and how sibling relationship quality affects adolescent depressive symptoms over time. This study contributes to existing knowledge by examining the relative importance of three aspects of sibling relationship quality (i.e., support, conflict and power balance) on the one hand and sibling depressive symptoms on the other hand in predicting adolescent depressive symptoms over time. Additionally, this study examined whether these influence patterns were moderated by perceived sibling relationship quality and by dyadic gender composition. Across six annual waves, 412 Dutch adolescents (57% boys; Mage = 12.34 years) and their older siblings (47% boys; Mage = 15.36 years) reported on depressive symptoms and sibling relationship quality. Cross-lagged panel analyses showed that only sibling depressive symptoms and not perceived relationship quality predicted adolescent depressive symptoms one year later. This effect was not moderated by sibling relationship quality or gender composition. These results indicate that sibling depressive symptoms may be a risk factor for adolescent depressive symptoms.
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ISSN	00472891
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence [J Youth Adolesc]
Volume Number	48
DOI	10.1007/s10964-019-01009-y
PubMed Central reference number	PMC6525133
Issue Number	6
PubMed reference number	30848443
e-ISSN	15736601
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2019-03-08
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Adolescents Siblings Sibling relationship quality Depressive symptoms
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Sciences Social Psychology