Longitudinal associations between parents' hostility and siblings' externalizing behavior in the context of marital discord.

This study examined longitudinal associations between parents' hostility and siblings' externalizing behavior in the context of interparental discord. The sample included 116 families (mothers, fathers, 2 siblings) assessed in middle childhood, when siblings were, on average, 8 and 10 years old, and in adolescence, at average ages of 14 and 16 years. Parents reported on their hostility toward each child and on each child's externalizing problems. Raters observed interparental hostility, and parents rated their marital quality. Results indicated both within-family and between-families effects. Specifically, the child who received more parental hostility than his or her sibling showed greater increases in externalizing problems than his or her sibling; this association was moderated by marital discord. In addition, the child who exhibited more behavioral problems than his or her sibling received greater increases in hostile mothering than did his or her sibling. Between-families effects were evident, in that children's externalizing problems were associated with increases in mothers' hostility toward both children in the family. Results support transactional models of development and family systems theory.

Richmond MK ，Stocker CM 《JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY》

Associations between family cohesion and adolescent siblings' externalizing behavior.

This study asked whether family cohesion, a measure of whole family functioning, was associated with adolescent siblings' externalizing problems, controlling for the quality of each sibling's relationship with his or her parents. The sample included 93 families (mothers, fathers, and 2 adolescent siblings). Family cohesion was measured from videotaped observations of parents and 2 of their adolescent children discussing family conflict and limit setting. Adolescents reported on hostility in their relationships with mothers and fathers, and parents rated adolescents' externalizing problems. Results from multilevel modeling showed that family cohesion was negatively associated with adolescents' externalizing problems, independent of variance explained by hostility in dyadic parent-child relationships. Results support family systems theory, suggesting that whole family functioning has implications for adolescents' behavioral problems beyond those accounted for by dyadic family relationships.

Richmond MK ，Stocker CM 《JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY》

Siblings' differential experiences of marital conflict and differences in psychological adjustment.

Richmond MK ，Stocker CM 《JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY》

Marital quality, parenting, and adolescent internalizing problems: a three-wave longitudinal study.

Ha T ，Overbeek G ，Vermulst AA ，Engels RC ... -  《JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY》

Close friends', parents', and older siblings' smoking: reevaluating their influence on children's smoking.

Bricker JB ，Peterson AV ，Robyn Andersen M ，Leroux BG ，Bharat Rajan K ，Sarason IG ... -  《NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH》