ArticleJournal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence2025
"They always disfavor me!": Parental conditional regard undermines teenage sibling relationships through raising competition and perceived disfavoritism.
Article in Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Profiles of sibling relationships among Chinese adolescents: The contribution of parental differential treatment of siblings.The British journal of developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Cross-lagged analysis of depression symptoms and internet addiction tendencies among first-year university students and the moderating effects of urban-rural background and sibling status.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- "They always disfavor me!": Parental conditional regard undermines teenage sibling relationships through raising competition and perceived disfavoritism.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025Article
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Abstract
Conditional regard defined as adolescents' perception that parents' affection hinges upon whether they meet parental expectations affects their skills to build stable and sustainable relationships. However, its role in sibling relationships remains unexplored. This study investigates how conditional regard relates to sibling competition, favoritism, and conflict in 201 teenage sibling dyads. Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Models showed that conditional regard was associated with lower sibling relationship quality. Similarities between siblings' reports were low, and siblings' perceptions of parenting mainly predicted their own perceptions of sibling relationships. Competition and feeling disfavored mediated the negative effects of conditional regard on conflict. Feeling favored was predicted by conditional positive regard but did not mediate effects. Our findings highlight the potential of conditional regard to undermine sibling bonds.
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