title: Siblings: thinking theory.
abstract: The paper argues for the development of a theoretical understanding of lateral relations, starting with siblings, along a horizontal axis. This would be autonomous but interactive with the vertical axis of parent-child.
authors.affiliation: University College London.
authors.forename: Juliet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012801:Sibling Relations; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*