Romantic Relationship Experiences from Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood: The Role of Older Siblings in Mexican-Origin Families

Youth\u27s experiences with romantic relationships during adolescence and young adulthood have far reaching implications for future relationships, health, and well-being; yet, although scholars have examined potential peer and parent influences, we know little about the role of siblings in youth\u27s romantic relationships. Accordingly, this study examined the prospective longitudinal links between Mexican-origin older and younger siblings\u27 romantic relationship experiences and variation by sibling structural and relationship characteristics (i.e., sibling age and gender similarity, younger siblings\u27 modeling) and cultural values (i.e., younger siblings\u27 familism values). Data from 246 Mexican-origin families with older (M = 20.65 years; SD = 1.57; 50% female) and younger (M = 17.72 years; SD = .57; 51% female) siblings were used to examine the likelihood of younger siblings\u27 involvement in dating relationships, sexual relations, cohabitation, and engagement/marriage with probit path analyses. Findings revealed older siblings\u27 reports of involvement in a dating relationship, cohabitation, and engagement/marriage predicted younger siblings\u27 relationship experiences over a two-year period. These links were moderated by sibling age spacing, younger siblings\u27 reports of modeling and familism values. Our findings suggest the significance of social learning dynamics as well as relational and cultural contexts in understanding the links between older and younger siblings\u27 romantic relationship experiences among Mexican-origin youth

Gisèle Bousquet and Pierre Brocheux (eds.), Viêt Nam Exposé

McHale Shawn. Gisèle Bousquet and Pierre Brocheux (eds.), Viêt Nam Exposé. In: Aséanie 11, 2003. pp. 207-208

Gisèle Bousquet and Pierre Brocheux (eds.), Viêt Nam Exposé

McHale Shawn. Gisèle Bousquet and Pierre Brocheux (eds.), Viêt Nam Exposé. In: Aséanie 11, 2003. pp. 207-208

Sibling Influences on Risky Behaviors From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Vertical Socialization or Bidirectional Effects?

This study built on research on sibling influences to assess potential bidirectional effects of older and younger siblings\u27 risky behaviors on one another\u27s risky behaviors; our longitudinal design allowed us to test these effects when siblings were at about the same chronological age, at different points in time. We also tested whether the strength and/or direction of effects of siblings\u27 risky behaviors changed from middle adolescence to young adulthood. Reports of risky behaviors (i.e., deviant behaviors and excessive alcohol use) were provided by firstborn and secondborn siblings from up to 201 families on five occasions spanning 10 years. In general, accounting for known covariates, multilevel models revealed bidirectional sibling effects and some evidence that secondborns\u27 risky behaviors were stronger and more consistent predictors of firstborns\u27 behaviors than the reverse. Sibling influence generally declined with age and sibling effects were not moderated by gender constellation. Findings indicate that both older and younger siblings are important socializers of risk behaviors across adolescence and continue to shape each other\u27s alcohol use into early adulthood