title: Sibling relationship contributions to individual and family well-being: introduction to the special issue.
abstract: This special issue presents new findings that illustrate the ways in which sibling relationships serve as important contexts for individual development and family functioning. This collection of articles, which emphasizes effects on both normative and at-risk development, is intended to stimulate further research on the multifaceted and often contradictory contributions siblings extend to one another across the life course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, USA. lfkramer@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Lew
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bank
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012801:Sibling Relations