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Toward A Definition Of Adult Sibling Resilience, Cheyenne R. Drover
Toward A Definition Of Adult Sibling Resilience, Cheyenne R. Drover
University Honors Theses
The sibling relationship is considered one of the longest lasting connections an individual will have to another person. Despite this, it is a consistently understudied population in family research and, when studied, siblings are primarily examined during adolescence and often only in the context of conflict and rivalry. Additionally, much of this research does not examine the effects of sibling relationships on the larger family system. This thesis seeks to address this gap in the literature by understanding how the adult sibling literature presents and defines dimensions of sibling relationships. In doing so, it also seeks to examine whether these …