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Devon Charles & Marilyn Charles
Psychoanalytic Psychology, American Psychological Association, Winter 2006, Volume 23 (1): 72–90
Current conceptualisations do not adequately explain the particular relational difficulties experienced by young adults who have been faced with the death of a sibling. In this study, the authors explore interrelationships between attachment style, coping style, repressive defensiveness and the loss of a sibling in childhood. The findings suggest that this type of stressor may result in different coping reactions than other stressors. In particular, sibling loss seems to stimulate greater support seeking than withdrawal, regardless of attachment style. Sibling loss can pose particular relational challenges for the developing child because of the traumatic impact on the primary caregivers. This fact makes it important for therapists to have an understanding of some of the potential consequences of this particular traumatic event. (Reprinted with permission from the American Psychological Association).
Denise Hines, Glenda Kantor & Melissa Holt
Child Abuse and Neglect, Elsevier Science, June 2006, Volume 30 (6): 619–37
Objective. Researchers and policymakers typically assume that within families, individual children are at an equivalent risk of neglectful behaviours. There is evidence that siblings experience differential parental treatment, and some research suggests that parents may maltreat their children to differing degrees. However, because neglect is typically a family-level construct, there may be a high correlation between siblings for this type of parental behaviour. Therefore, our objectives were to investigate the extent to which siblings reported similar parental neglectful behaviours, whether sibling correlations for family-level types of ne