An Examination of the Sibling Training Hypothesis for Disruptive Behavior in Early Childhood

Ella Daniel; André Plamondon; Jennifer M. Jenkins

doi:10.1111/cdev.12754

An Examination of the Sibling Training Hypothesis for Disruptive Behavior in Early Childhood

Ella Daniel, André Plamondon, Jennifer M. Jenkins

School of Education

Tel Aviv University

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Sibling training for disruptive behavior (one sibling teaching another disruptive behavior) is examined during early childhood. We used a conservative, recently developed, statistical model to identify sibling training. Sibling training was operationalized as the cross-lagged association between earlier child behavior and later sibling behavior, and differentiated from other reasons that contribute to sibling similarity. A three-wave longitudinal study tracked 916 children (M_age = 3.46, SD = 2.23) in 397 families using multi-informant data. Evidence for sibling training was found. Earlier younger siblings’ disruptive behavior predicted later lower levels of older siblings’ disruptive behavior. Thus, the sibling training found in early childhood was producing greater dissimilarity, rather than similarity, on disruptive behavior.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-247
Number of pages	13
Journal	Child Development
Volume	89
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12754
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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