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Sibling Relationships in Early Adulthood: The Associations between Social Statuses and Sibling Ties
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Aldrich, Lindsey L
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu147851519857788
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2016, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Sociology.
Abstract
Early adulthood is a period when individuals begin to obtain major social statuses, such as finishing school, starting a full-time job, getting married, or becoming a parent. How these social statuses may influence the quality of sibling relationships has rarely been examined. Sibling relationships are common, likely some of the longest relationships most individuals who have siblings will experience, and can be a source of support throughout the life course. Thus, it is important to decipher factors that influence sibling relationship quality. This thesis project uses matched sibling dyads data from the sibling sample in Wave III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 1,451), to examine the associations between social statuses—education, employment, marriage or cohabitation, and parenthood—and five aspects of sibling relationship quality, including emotional closeness, conflict, direct contact, indirect contact, and turning to one’s sibling for help or advice, among respondents aged 18 to 26. Supporting the time demands perspective, the respondents’ or the siblings’ marriage or cohabitation is related to less direct or indirect contact and fewer fights between siblings. When one sibling is in college, the other sibling tends to report less direct contact. In contrast, supporting the role expansion perspective, older siblings’ parental status is related to younger siblings’ reports of more contact and emotional closeness with the sibling. Those who have a college degree are more likely than those without it to have more indirect contact with their siblings. These findings suggest interconnectedness of siblings’ lives during the transition to adulthood.
Committee
Kei Nomaguchi, Dr. (Advisor)
Karen Guzzo, Dr. (Committee Member)
I-Fen Lin, Dr. (Committee Member)
Pages
72 p.
Subject Headings
Sociology
Keywords
sibling relationship quality
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sibling ties
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social statuses
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early adulthood
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Aldrich, L. L. (2016).
Sibling Relationships in Early Adulthood: The Associations between Social Statuses and Sibling Ties
[Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu147851519857788
APA Style (7th edition)
Aldrich, Lindsey.
Sibling Relationships in Early Adulthood: The Associations between Social Statuses and Sibling Ties .
2016. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu147851519857788.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Aldrich, Lindsey. "Sibling Relationships in Early Adulthood: The Associations between Social Statuses and Sibling Ties ." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu147851519857788
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