Adolescent sibling relationships in Mexican American families: Exploring the role of familism.

• DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.4.512
• Publication Date: 2006-01-10T14:09:04Z
• Authors: Kimberly A. Updeg...; Susan M. McHale; Shawn D. Whiteman; Shawna M. Thayer; Melissa Y. Delgado
• Keywords: Sibling relationship; Association (psychology)

To address a significant gap in the literature on normative processes minority families, authors studied adolescents' sibling relationships two-parent Mexican American families and explored connections between relationship characteristics familism. Participants were 246 adolescent pairs who participated (a) home interviews during which adolescents described their familism values (b) series of 7 nightly phone calls reported daily activities, including time spent with siblings family members. Siblings as both intimate conflictual, activity data revealed that they an average 17.2 hr per days shared activities. Sibling qualities linked to practices, stronger patterns association emerged for sisters than brothers. Discussion highlights significance studying underlie within-group variations among different cultural backgrounds.