Submission Type
Poster
Abstract
This longitudinal study explored the issues in child and adolescent sibling and friend conflicts, as well as their association with various conflict features. Twenty-seven target children from white middle-class families in western New York were visited in their homes at ages 4, 7, and 17. At each age, they were videotaped in separate interactions with a sibling and with a friend. We examined how time (developmental stage), gender, and partner (sibling vs. friend) were associated with conflict issues (object, behavior, plans for play, and ideas/facts), as well as with rate of conflict, conflict duration, and conflict intensity. Time, gender, and partner all made a difference in conflict issues, as well as in conflict rate, duration, and intensity. In turn, conflict rate, duration, and intensity varied across conflict issues. This suggests that the reasons for and features of conflicts evolve throughout development and are shaped by both individual and relational contexts.
Recommended Citation
Bobeck, Sophia; Sepcaru, Maddie; Marriott, Samantha; Biesinger, Olivia; and Dehart, Ganie, "110 - Conflict Issues and Associated Features in Sibling and Friend Interaction in Childhood and Adolescence" (2025). GREAT Day Posters. 32.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/great-day-symposium/great-day-2025/posters-2025/32
110 - Conflict Issues and Associated Features in Sibling and Friend Interaction in Childhood and Adolescence
This longitudinal study explored the issues in child and adolescent sibling and friend conflicts, as well as their association with various conflict features. Twenty-seven target children from white middle-class families in western New York were visited in their homes at ages 4, 7, and 17. At each age, they were videotaped in separate interactions with a sibling and with a friend. We examined how time (developmental stage), gender, and partner (sibling vs. friend) were associated with conflict issues (object, behavior, plans for play, and ideas/facts), as well as with rate of conflict, conflict duration, and conflict intensity. Time, gender, and partner all made a difference in conflict issues, as well as in conflict rate, duration, and intensity. In turn, conflict rate, duration, and intensity varied across conflict issues. This suggests that the reasons for and features of conflicts evolve throughout development and are shaped by both individual and relational contexts.
Comments
Sponsored by Ganie DeHart