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Sun, Xiaoran; McHale, Susan M.; Updegraff, Kimberly A. – Child Development, 2019
To illuminate how within-family differences in achievement may emerge, this study examined sibling experiences in middle childhood as predictors of sibling differences in college graduation. First- and second-borns from 152 families reported on their experiences with siblings and parents at ages 11.80 (SD = 0.56) and 9.22 (SD = 0.90),…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Educational Attainment
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Lam, Chun Bun; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Child Development, 2012
The development and adjustment correlates of parent-child social (parent, child, and others present) and dyadic time (only parent and child present) from age 8 to 18 were examined. Mothers, fathers, and firstborns and secondborns from 188 White families participated in both home and nightly phone interviews. Social time declined across…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Interpersonal Competence, Birth Order
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Davidson, Alice J.; Updegraff, Kimberly A.; McHale, Susan M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
This study examined patterns of mothers' and fathers' acceptance and youths' friendship intimacy among 246 Mexican-origin 7th graders. Three patterns were identified using mixture modeling: (a) low mother and father acceptance, and average friendship intimacy (Low Parent Profile); (b) average mother acceptance, high father acceptance and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Intimacy, Peer Relationship, Friendship
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Blocklin, Michelle K.; Crouter, Ann C.; Updegraff, Kimberly A.; McHale, Susan M. – Family Relations, 2011
We examined correlates of sources of parental knowledge of youths' experiences in Mexican American families, including "child self-disclosure", "parental solicitation", "spouse", "siblings", and "individuals outside the family". Home and phone interviews were conducted with mothers, fathers, and their seventh-grade male and female offspring in 246…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Daughters, Mexican Americans
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Shanahan, Lilly; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Osgood, D. Wayne – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
We tested social comparison predictions about cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between parents' differential treatment of siblings and both youth depressive symptoms and sibling relationship qualities from middle childhood to late adolescence, controlling for dyadic parent-child relationships and siblings' ratings of parents'…
Descriptors: Siblings, Children, Adolescents, Sibling Relationship
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Dotterer, Aryn M.; Hoffman, Lesa; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
We examined reciprocal associations between parent-adolescent conflict and academic achievement over a 2-year period. Participants were mothers, fathers, and adolescents from predominantly White, working and middle class families (N = 168). After accounting for previous academic achievement, parent-adolescent conflict predicted relative declines…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Conflict, Academic Achievement, Parents
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Kan, Marni L.; McHale, Susan M. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
This study used a person-oriented approach to examine links between adolescents' experiences with parents and peers. Cluster analysis classified 361, White, working- and middle-class youth (mean age = 12.16 years) based on mothers' and fathers' reports of parental acceptance and adolescents' reports of perceived peer competence. Three patterns…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Adolescents, Multivariate Analysis, Mothers
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Kim, Ji-Yeon; McHale, Susan M.; Osgood, D. Wayne; Crouter, Ann C. – Child Development, 2006
Changes in sibling intimacy and conflict were charted from middle childhood through adolescence, and family structure and relationship correlates of change were examined. Participants were mothers, fathers, and firstborn (M=11.82 years at Time 1) and secondborn (M=9.22 years) siblings from 200 White, working/middle class, 2-parent families.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Sibling Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences