Dr. Michal Perlman

Dr. Michal Perlman

Professor, University of Toronto and Director, Dr. R.G.N. Laidlaw Research Centre, University of Toronto

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Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)

University of Toronto

252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sibling Personality Traits, Dyadic Gender Composition, and Their Association With Sibling Relationship Quality

Journal article

Noam Binnoon-Erez, Michelle Rodrigues, Michal Perlman, Jennifer Jenkins, Jennifer Tackett
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, vol. 64, Project Muse, 2018, p. 175
DOI: 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.64.2.0175
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Binnoon-Erez, N., Rodrigues, M., Perlman, M., Jenkins, J., & Tackett, J. (2018). Sibling Personality Traits, Dyadic Gender Composition, and Their Association With Sibling Relationship Quality. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 64, 175.

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Binnoon-Erez, Noam, Michelle Rodrigues, Michal Perlman, Jennifer Jenkins, and Jennifer Tackett. “Sibling Personality Traits, Dyadic Gender Composition, and Their Association With Sibling Relationship Quality.” Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 64 (2018): 175.

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Binnoon-Erez, Noam, et al. “Sibling Personality Traits, Dyadic Gender Composition, and Their Association With Sibling Relationship Quality.” Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, vol. 64, Project Muse, 2018, p. 175.

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@article{binnoon-erez2018a,
  title = {Sibling Personality Traits,  Dyadic Gender Composition,  and Their Association With Sibling Relationship Quality},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {Merrill-Palmer Quarterly},
  pages = {175},
  publisher = {Project Muse},
  volume = {64},
  author = {Binnoon-Erez, Noam and Rodrigues, Michelle and Perlman, Michal and Jenkins, Jennifer and Tackett, Jennifer}
}

Abstract

The current study contrasted two different hypotheses about the relationship between sibling personality and sibling relationship quality: absolute value and dyadic similarity. The absolute value hypothesis suggests that the level of one sibling's personality will predict sibling relationship quality. The dyadic similarity hypothesis argues that the similarity between siblings on personality will be associated with sibling relationship quality. Observational data on child personality and maternal-report data on sibling relationship quality were collected on 321 sibling dyads (N = 642). Children were videotaped while completing five tasks, and personality traits were rated by independent raters based on thin-slice methodology. Support was found for the absolute value hypothesis but not the sibling similarity hypothesis: the personality traits of younger siblings predicted sibling relationship agonism, particularly when the older sibling was female. Findings suggest that older sisters are more sensitive to negativity in their younger siblings than are older brothers.

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