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Parent Mediation Empowers Sibling Conflict Resolution
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Ross, Hildy S.; Lazinski, Marysia J. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: For the current study, formal mediation procedures were adapted for families and parents were trained and asked to mediate their children's disputes; control group parents intervened as they normally would. Conflict negotiations with parents and their children (ages 3½-11 years) occurring 3 and 7 weeks following training, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conflict Resolution, Parents, Children
The Benefits of Parent Intervention in Children's Disputes: An Examination of Concurrent Changes in Children's Fighting Styles.
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Perlman, Michal; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1997
Examined impact of parental intervention on the quality of conflict behavior in 2- and 4-year olds. Found that parents intervened in fights in which children displayed few de-escalating strategies. Intervention was associated with children using fewer power strategies coupled with an increase in more sophisticated negotiation moves. Results…
Descriptors: Children, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Parent Child Relationship
Problem-Solving, Contention, and Struggle: How Siblings Resolve a Conflict of Interests.
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Ram, Avigail; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 2001
Observed in a laboratory setting how dyads, ages 4 and 6 years or 6 and 8 years, negotiated division of toys. Found that children used a preponderance of constructive problem-solving strategies rather than contentious tactics. Degree of conflict of interests and quality of sibling relationships predicted use of problem-solving and contentious…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Conflict Resolution, Predictor Variables
How Do Sibling Conflicts End?
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Siddiqui, Afshan A.; Ross, Hildy S. – Early Education and Development, 1999
Investigated the endings of sibling conflicts in 40 families at two time periods. Observed four types of conflict endings: compromise, reconciliation, submission and no resolution. Found that conflict typically ended with no resolution, followed by submission, compromise and finally reconciliation. Discovered that parents influence conflict…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Family Relationship
Do Mitigating Circumstances Influence Family Reactions to Physical Aggression?
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Martin, Jacqueline L.; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1996
Examined the influence of mitigating circumstances on parents' beliefs and intervention behaviors regarding sibling physical aggression. Subjects were 40 Caucasian families. Results indicated that, although parents considered sibling physical aggression to be a serious transgression, they believed that mitigated aggression of both of their…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Conflict Resolution
The Development of Aggression within Sibling Conflict.
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Martin, Jacqueline L.; Ross, Hildy S. – Early Education and Development, 1995
A longitudinal study examined responses to physically aggressive conflicts among siblings. Found that parents respond to half of children's aggression (especially if there is crying). Most parent and child responses were simple commands to stop the aggression. Reasoning was used less often, and physical intervention, rarely. Aggression was higher…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Child Psychology, Conflict Resolution