1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The main goal of this study was to explore the perspectives of parents on children’s goals during sibling conflicts. […] Additionally, this study aimed to examine birth order and child age effects, in relation to the types of goals parents attribute to older and younger children.» (p. 11)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Participants in this study included 62 sibling dyads along with their primary caregivers.» (p. 14)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Overall, findings revealed that when parents described their children’s conflict goals, they most frequently referenced instrumental goals […], in addition to autonomy/ respect, control/ competitiveness, and conciliation/ connectedness types of goals [...]. Within-family comparisons revealed that parents ascribed more autonomy/ respect and avoiding punishment goals to older siblings and more relative competence and conciliation/ connectedness goals to younger siblings; additional between-family comparisons were used to disambiguate the effects of chronological age and birth order position in accounting for these findings. Furthermore, results revealed that parents’ descriptions aligned with those of their children’s approximately half of the time, although both parents and children also described additional elements over 80% of the time. Results of this study provide insight into parents’ perspectives on their children’s conflict goals. Such understandings may be crucial in helping them to intervene effectively into children’s conflicts. Findings also illuminate areas where parents might need support in improving their understanding of their children’s conflict perspectives.» (p. iii)