Date of Award

1-1-2016

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology

Program

Educational Psychology and Methodology

Content Description

1 online resource (xiii, 155 pages) : color illustrations

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Joan Newman

Committee Members

Bruce Saddler, Recai Yucel

Keywords

Emerging Adults, Fairness, Parental Differential Treatment, Personality, Sibling Relationships, Brothers and sisters, Sibling attachment, Parent and child, Parental influences, Structural equation modeling

Subject Categories

Educational Psychology

Abstract

The sibling relationship is one of the longest lasting human relationships with significant influence on an individual’s social and emotional functioning. The current study was designed to examine both personal and parental influences on the sibling relationships of emerging adults. Specifically, it tested the mediating role of fairness evaluations on the links between parental differential treatment, personality and the quality of sibling relationships. A theorized path model was developed, and tested using Structural Equation Modeling. A total of 775 undergraduates at a northeastern university, who nominated a ‘target sibling’, completed the Big Five Inventory, the Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale, the Sibling Inventory of Differential Experience, and fairness of parenting ratings.

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