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Sibling effects on problem and prosocial behavior in childhood: patterns of intrafamilial "contagion" by birth order

Abstract:: We investigated longitudinal relations between siblings' problem and prosocial behavior, measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, among different sibship sizes in the UK's Millennium Cohort Study. We identified 3436 families with two children and 1188 families with three children. All children (cohort members and their older sibling [OS]) had valid data on behavior at two time points (in 2004 and 2006). Using structural equation model, we found that for internalizing and externalizing problems, OSs (MOS1 = 6.3 years, MOS2 = 9.1 years at T1) exerted a dominant effect on younger siblings (Mage = 3.12 years at T1; 49.7% boys) across sibship sizes. For prosocial behavior, there was OS dominance in two-child families and youngest sibling dominance in three-child families.

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Chi, Z., Malmberg, L.-E., & Flouri, E. (2023). Sibling effects on problem and prosocial behavior in childhood: patterns of intrafamilial "contagion" by birth order. Child Development, 95(3), 766–779.

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Chi, Z., et al. “Sibling Effects on Problem and Prosocial Behavior in Childhood: Patterns of Intrafamilial ‘Contagion’ by Birth Order.” Child Development, vol. 95, no. 3, Wiley, 2023, pp. 766–79.

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Chi, Z, L-E Malmberg, and E Flouri. 2023. “Sibling Effects on Problem and Prosocial Behavior in Childhood: Patterns of Intrafamilial ‘Contagion’ by Birth Order.” Child Development 95 (3): 766–79.
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ORCID:: 0000-0002-2725-0144

+ Malmberg, L-E More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Education
Oxford college:: St Cross College
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ORCID:: 0000-0002-5309-7403

+ Flouri, E More by this author

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ORCID:: 0000-0001-6207-4847

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Publisher:: Wiley
Journal:: Child Development More from this journal
Volume:: 95
Issue:: 3
Pages:: 766-779
Place of publication:: United States
Publication date:: 2023-10-20
Acceptance date:: 2023-09-24
DOI:: 10.1111/cdev.14030
EISSN:: 1467-8624
ISSN:: 0009-3920
Pmid:: 37861288

Language:: English
Pubs id:: 1552838
Local pid:: pubs:1552838
Deposit date:: 2023-10-29

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Copyright date:: 2023
Rights statement:: © 2023 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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