Aiden Sisler, Angela Ittel

Siblings in Adolescence

Emerging individuals, lasting bonds

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Siblings in Adolescence provides a comprehensive overview of the most up-to-date, international empirical research on the sibling bond during the critical adolescent years. The authors examine how the relationship impacts on adolescent development, as well as the effect on and within the family, using evidence from behaviour genetics, cross-cultural studies and research utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781138818415
• ISBN-10: 1138818410
• Artikelnr.: 41251120

Autorenporträt

Aiden Sisler is a doctoral student at the Institute of Education at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Germany, where she investigates the intersection of culture, gender, education, and politics. With 15 years of experience working with children, and 28 years of being one, Aiden lends her expertise to projects dedicated to youths' well-being. Angela Ittel is Professor of Educational Psychology at the Institute of Education at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Germany. Dr. Ittel's research focuses on gender and cultural factors in education as well as familial and school-based contexts for development.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Siblings in Adolescence 1. Theoretical and Thematic Plurality
in Sibling Research 2. Adolescent Siblings and Within Family Study 3.
Siblings and their relationships: Correlates and effects 4. Behavioural
Genetics and Sibling Research 5. Cross-Cultural and International Research
on Siblings in Adolescence 6. Methods in Family and Sibling Research:
Markus Hess, Freie Universität Berlin, Aiden Sisler, TU-Berlin 7. Findings
and futures in sibling research Appendix: Selected International Sibling
Projects