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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Adolescent Siblings in Stepfamilies: Family Functioning and Adolescent Adjustment.
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Hetherington, E. Mavis; Henderson, Sandra H.; O'Connor, Thomas G.; Insabella, Glendessa M.; Taylor, Lorraine; Anderson, Edward R.; Skaggs, Monica J.; Jodl, Kathleen M.; Bridges, Margaret; Kim, Jungmeen E.; Mitchell, Anne S.; Chan, Raymond W. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Examined family relationships and adjustment of two adolescent siblings in non-stepfamilies and in stabilized simple and complex stepfamilies. Found that complex stepfamilies were more different from non-stepfamilies than simple stepfamilies in which all children were fully biologically related siblings from mothers' previous marriage. Adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biological Parents, Emotional Adjustment, Family Environment
Sibling Relationships during Remarriage.
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Anderson, Edward R.; Rice, Alyson M. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1992
In families whose parents had never divorced, families with a single mother, and families whose mother had remarried, there were (1) some differences for child gender and family type in children's behavior toward siblings; (2) few effects of gender composition of sibling dyads; and (3) a decline in the level of sibling interaction over time. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Divorce
The Effect of Family Relationships on Adolescent Development during Family Reorganization.
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Anderson, Edward R.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1992
Data concerning children's adjustment indicated that (1) the quality of marital relationships was related to the quality of parent-child relationships; (2) authoritative parenting correlated with high levels of children's social and scholastic competence; and (3) the quality of sibling relationships correlated with children's social competence and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents