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Children with Atypical Siblings

Socialization Outcomes and Clinical Participation

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

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The topic of sibling relations is of central importance to contemporary accounts of the socialization process (Bandura, 1977; Hartup, 1978). This recent focus on siblings stems from the belief that children belong to different social systems (i.e., sibling units, parent-child units, as well as the peer society), each of which makes a unique contribution to the development of social, moral, and cognitive competencies. Interactions that take place within each of these subsystems are thought to contribute uniquely to social and personality development (Bronfenbrenner, 1977).

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Brody, G.H., Stoneman, Z. (1983). Children with Atypical Siblings. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9814-1_9

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