Sibling Relationships Theory and Issues for

The impact of sibling relationships on how we develop has been dramatically underemphasized in the literature on child development.Drawing together new and established research, this accessible text contends that sibling relationships are crucial to professionals' understanding of the children and families they work with.It offers a theoretically grounded and culturally sensitive account of the many-facetted complexities of sibling relationships, emphasizing the significance of these for practice and the ways in which the effectiveness of work with children and families can be enhanced by promoting positive sibling relationships.

Robert Sanders is a Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea.

List of Figures

viii

List of Tables

ix

List of Practice Notes

x

Foreword by Sonia Jackson

xi

Part I An Introduction to Sibling Relationships

1 Sibling Relationships: The Big Picture

7

(21)

Archetypes, schemas and discourses

10

(8)

Cross-cultural perspectives on sibling relationships

18

(8)

Summary

26

(2)

2 Sibling Relationships in the Family Context

28

(27)

The complexity of sibling relationships and their social

context, the family

28

(9)

Stages in sibling relationships

37

(17)

Summary

54

(1)

3 Changing Understandings of Sibling Relationships:

Theory and Research

55

(1)

Psychoanalytic understanding of sibling relationships

55

(4)

Later psychoanalytic reflections on sibling relations

59

(2)

Family therapists and the early psychology of sibling relationships

61

(6)

Recent psychology of sibiling relationships

67

(2)

What is meant by the quality of sibling relationships?

69

(12)

Summary

81

(1)

4 The Quality of Sibling Relationships

82

(27)

Question 1: Do sibling relationships compensate for, or are they congruent with, the kinds of relationships that children have with their parents(s)?

83

(1)

Question 2: Why are children who are brought up in the same family so different from each other?

84

(3)

Question 3: What is the effect of treating children in the family differently?

87

(8)

Question 4: How does the relationship between the parents impact on the relationship between the siblings?

95

(2)

Question 5: Should parent(s) intervene or not in squabbles between siblings?

97

(4)

Question 6: How does the sibling relationship influence the development of the individual

101

(1)

Question 6a: How do siblings contribute to one's positive development?

102

(2)

Question 7: How does the sibling relationship link with current and future significat relationships outside the family (for example peer relationships)?

104

(3)

Summary

107

(2)

Part II Issues for Practice

Introduction

109

(4)

5 Family Support and Sibling Relationships

113

(29)

Children of substance-abusing families: drugs and alcohol

113

(4)

Children of parents with a mental illness

117

(10)

Children with disabilities

127

(8)

Children living with domestic violence

135

(5)

Summary

140

(2)

6 Abuse and Sibling Relationships

142

(35)

Abuse by siblings

142

(10)

Sibling relationships and abuse by parents

152

(23)

Summary

175

(2)

7 Loss and Sibling Relationships

177

(32)

Sibling relationships as attachement relationships

177

(3)

Siblings, loss and divorce/separation

180

(11)

Siblings, loss and being looked after and adopted

191

(4)

Adoption

195

(4)

Siblings, loss and bereavement

199

(7)

Sibling therapy: a means to help

206

(1)

Summary

207

(2)

8 Into Practice

209

(10)

Utilising the strengths of siblings

211

(2)

Building sibling relationships

213

(2)

Working with abusive sibling relationships

215

(3)

Summary

218

(1)

Appendix A: Genogram in a Complex Family Situation

219

(1)

Appendix B: Assessing Sibling Relationships in Practice

220

(2)

References

222

(25)

Index

247

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