Does stress exacerbate parental differential treatment of siblings? A pattern-analytic approach

摘要: To develop a typology based on family members' perspectives parental differential treatment of siblings, data from mothers, fathers, firstborn adolescent siblings (M = 15 years), and second-born 12.5 years) 187 families were submitted to cluster analysis. A 4-cluster solution the convergence or divergence reports levels was identified replicated: convergent/all below average (n 94), above 48), divergent/all except older sibling 20), mother 25). Analyses revealed differences in structure (e.g., sex age spacing) parents' perceived stress across several domains work, marriage, individual mental health).