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‘‘Life Still Isn’t Fair’’: Parental Differential Treatment of Young Adult Siblings

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Parental differential treatment has been linked to individual well-being and sibling relationship
quality in childhood, adolescence, and middle adulthood but has not been examined in young
adulthood. Data were collected from 151 pairs of young adult siblings (N = 302, M age = 23.90, SD = 5.02). Two siblings in each family reported on treatment from mothers and fathers, depressive symptoms, and sibling relationship quality. Using multilevel modeling, analyses examined the role of favoritism and the magnitude of differential treatment from both mothers and fathers. Offspring who reported receiving less support relative to their sibling (i.e., less favored) reported more depressive symptoms. Greater amounts of differential treatment were associated with less sibling
intimacy. Several associations, however, varied by parent gender, sibling gender composition,
and the magnitude of differential treatment. The results suggest that favoritism and magnitude

Key Words: adult siblings, conflict, family process, intimacy, parental investment/involvement, well-being.

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Journal of Marriage and Family

No. Panggil

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: Journal of Marriage and Family., 2013

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Journal of Marriage and Family 75 (April 2013): 438 – 452

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English

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