Determining the Influence of Sibling Relationships on Current Romantic Relationships
Author
Purvis, Alaina
Abstract
Although sibling relationships are potentially the longest relationship a person will experience (Bank & Kahn, 1997), researchers know relatively little about the role of sibling relationships in youth development in comparison to research on parent-child relationships (Deater-Deckard, et al., 2002). Previous research has emphasized the importance of understanding sibling relationships throughout the transition to adulthood, and how romantic relationships are incorporated into an emerging adult’s social sphere (Conger & Little, 2010). Utilizing secondary data analysis on a sample of emerging adults (N=540), the current study aimed to determine the influence of sibling relationships on current romantic relationships. Sibling relationship quality in emerging adults was not found to be a significant predictor of romantic relationship quality. Participant sex, sibling sex constellation, and birth order were explored as potential moderators. Participant sex emerged as a moderator of this relationship. For males, romantic relationship quality increases as sibling relationship quality increases. For females, romantic relationship quality decreases as sibling relationship quality increases.
Date
2017-05-03
Citation:
APA:
Purvis, Alaina.
(May 2017).
Determining the Influence of Sibling Relationships on Current Romantic Relationships
(Honors Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6302.)
MLA:
Purvis, Alaina.
Determining the Influence of Sibling Relationships on Current Romantic Relationships.
Honors Thesis. East Carolina University,
May 2017. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6302.
September 21, 2023.
Chicago:
Purvis, Alaina,
“Determining the Influence of Sibling Relationships on Current Romantic Relationships”
(Honors Thesis., East Carolina University,
May 2017).
AMA:
Purvis, Alaina.
Determining the Influence of Sibling Relationships on Current Romantic Relationships
[Honors Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
May 2017.
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Publisher
East Carolina University