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    J Fam Psychol. 2007 Jun;21(2):227-35.

    Characteristics and correlates of sibling relationships in two-parent African American families.

    McHale SM, Whiteman SD, Kim JY, Crouter AC.

    Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. x2u@psu.edu

    The authors studied sibling relationships of African American youths and family and youth characteristics linked to sibling dynamics. Participants were fathers, mothers, and 2 siblings (M = 14.04 and M = 10.34 years of age) from 172 working-middle class 2-parent families. Cluster analyses of data collected in home interviews revealed 3 sibling relationship types: positive, negative, and distant. Parent education was lower, parent religiosity higher, and parent-child relationships more positive in the positive group; maternal discrimination experiences were higher in the negative group; youth ethnic identity was stronger in the positive group; and youth depression and risky behavior were higher in the negative group. The findings target sociocultural factors to consider in interventions for African American families.

    PMID: 17605545 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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