Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Date of Award
Summer 2002
Degree Name
Education Specialist (Ed.S)
Department
Advanced Education Programs
Advisor
Steven Duvall
Abstract
Much research has been done in the area of sibling relationships and the effects of birth order, divorce, sibling conflict and rivalry, and how sibling relationships affect personality. The current study investigated the relations between siblings age, those nearest in age would be closer behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively. The Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale (LSRS), developed by Riggio (2000), was administered to 106 participants enrolled in summer classes at Fort Hays State University, members of a western Kansas service organization, and members of a western Kansas church group. Participants completed one LSRS for each living sibling in their family for a total of 264 ratings. The LSRS measures the attitudes that adults held towards siblings during childhood, as well as their current attitudes towards the same siblings. The six subscales of the LSRS are child affect, adult affect, child cognitions, adult cognitions, child behavior, and adult behavior. Descriptive statistics were calculated and data were analyzed using Pearson correlations and analysis of variance. Results supported the ideas that close-in-age siblings are significantly closer behaviorally and cognitively, but not emotionally.
Recommended Citation
Berning, Elizabeth B., "The Relations of Age Spacing and Attitudes of Adult Sibling Relationships" (2002). Master's Theses. 2840.
DOI: 10.58809/PBAD2954
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2840
Rights
© 2002 Elizabeth B. Berning
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