title: Parent-child relationships, family problems-solving behavior, and sibling relationship quality: the moderating role of sibling temperaments.
abstract: In this study we sought to determine whether sibling temperaments moderated the associations of parent-child relationship quality and family problem-solving behavior with sibling relationship quality. Observational assessments of mother-child and father-child relationship quality, family problem-solving behavior, and sibling relationship quality were obtained from the families of 49 pairs of brothers and 46 pairs of sisters. Mean ages were 10-2 for older siblings and 7-6 for younger siblings. Parent-reported child temperament assessments were also obtained. The links among mother-older child relationship quality, father-older child relationship quality, and sibling relationship quality were moderated by the older sibling's temperament. The younger and older siblings' temperaments moderated the associations between the quality of the father-younger sibling and sibling relationships. The association between family problem-solving behavior and sibling relationship quality was not moderated by sibling temperaments.
authors.affiliation: University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Stoneman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gauger
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D011340:Problem Solving; D012801:Sibling Relations; D013694:Temperament