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Peer reviewedBrody, Gene H.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Observed mothers and fathers (from 98 mother, father, and sibling pairs) interacting with children. When younger siblings received significantly higher negative emotionality ratings from both parents, parents enacted higher rates of differential treatment favoring younger sibling. When older siblings were rated as significantly more negative in…
Descriptors: Children, Differences, Negative Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedBrody, Gene H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examined the influence of maternal differential behavior and child temperament on sibling relationships. Forty pairs of four-to-nine-year-old siblings and their mothers were observed playing in sibling dyads and mother-children triads in their homes. Mothers provided temperament ratings of their children's activity, emotional intensity, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Mothers
Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This study represents further work into the area of what specific processes determine whether a sibling relationship will be positive or negative. Specifically addressed was the influence of each child's personality or temperament in shaping the quality and type of sibling relationship. Significant attention was paid to analyzing sibling…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Emotional Development, Family Influence, Family Role
Direct linkBrody, Gene H.; Kim, Sooyeon; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Child Development, 2004
A 4-wave longitudinal design was used to examine protective links from child competence to behavioral problems in first- (M=10.97 years) and second- (M=8.27 years) born rural African American children. At 1-year intervals, teachers assessed child behavioral problems, mothers reported their psychological functioning, and both mothers and children…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, African American Children, Structural Equation Models, Siblings
Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1987
Proposes a theoretical framework of sibling conflict that includes temperamental characteristics of the siblings, the parent-sibling relationship, and the interaction between these factors. Continuing research validates this framework. (BJV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedBrody, Gene H.; Kim, Sooyeon; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Tested links between early adolescent older sibling (OS) and younger sibling (YS) competence in rural African American families. Found that OS competence was stable across time and related to improvements in mothers' psychological functioning from Wave 1 to Wave 2. Mothers' Wave-2 psychological functioning related to Wave-3 involved-supportive…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Children, Competence, Early Adolescents
