Love Them and Hate Them: The Developmental Appropriateness of Ambivalence in the Adolescent Sibling Relationship

• DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12345
• Publication Date: 2019-10-14T15:08:31Z
• Authors: Nicole Campione‐Barr; Sarah E. Killoren
• Keywords: Ambivalence; Sibling relationship; Association (psychology)

Abstract The quality of sibling relationships has important implications for each sibling’s development, and not always in the expected ways, because both conflict intimacy are associated with positive negative developmental outcomes. Additionally, these relationship qualities do occur isolation since known as quintessential love–hate relationship. ambivalence (i.e., coexistence feelings) siblings experience toward one another during childhood adolescence prevalence this feeling make unique. Ambivalence is developmentally appropriate may benefit individuals throughout life. In article, we argue that tipping point sets stage how healthy engaged, or distant uninvolved, become adulthood.