The Sibling Bond

摘要: Updated with a new introduction by the authors, this anniversary edition shows sibling relationship as distinctive emotional, passionate, painful, and solacing power that shapes who we are become. The relationships among brothers sisters infinitely varied-a can be one's worst enemy or closest companion. Though their love hate, envy compassion, closeness rivalry formed in childhood, these bonds last throughout life, creating character affecting behavior numerous situations. Strangely, profound attachment-second only to parent-child bond-was rarely studied understood until recently, perhaps because feelings siblings have about each other usually both intense secret.Bank Kahn chart unknown territory, offering theory of ways which attach, create other's identities, affect course lives. Illustrated poignant portraits adolescence, adulthood, book provides understanding complex enduring relationships, examining influence childhood intimacy, parental behavior, family turmoil, birth order, gender.Based on more than twenty years research clinical evidence, Sibling Bond fifteenth brings fresh insight important theoretical issues, including attachment theory, development self, emergence sexual identity. While Bank demonstrate implications findings for individual therapy, they also give readers vivid opportunity recognize reflect own relationships.