TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental Change in Sibling Support and School Commitment Across Adolescence
AU - Rogers, Christina R.
AU - Guyer, Amanda E.
AU - Nishina, Adrienne
AU - Conger, Katherine J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. (1148897). Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Mental Health to K.J.C. (HD064687, HD051746, and MH051361).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Society for Research on Adolescence
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - School commitment typically declines across adolescence, but the family-level factors that explain this decline have not been fully characterized. This study investigated sibling support as a family resource in predicting school commitment across 7th–10th grade using a sample of 444 adolescents (Mages = 12.61, 13.59, 14.59, 15.58 years). Results showed that sibling support linearly increased and school commitment decreased and stabilized, independently, over time. Sibling support positively predicted school commitment in seventh grade and across time, suggesting that having supportive siblings may help to offset adolescents’ declines in school commitment. Furthermore, having a brother enhanced this association versus having a sister. These findings provide insight into ways to help youth maintain school commitment across the middle- to high school transition.
AB - School commitment typically declines across adolescence, but the family-level factors that explain this decline have not been fully characterized. This study investigated sibling support as a family resource in predicting school commitment across 7th–10th grade using a sample of 444 adolescents (Mages = 12.61, 13.59, 14.59, 15.58 years). Results showed that sibling support linearly increased and school commitment decreased and stabilized, independently, over time. Sibling support positively predicted school commitment in seventh grade and across time, suggesting that having supportive siblings may help to offset adolescents’ declines in school commitment. Furthermore, having a brother enhanced this association versus having a sister. These findings provide insight into ways to help youth maintain school commitment across the middle- to high school transition.
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U2 - 10.1111/jora.12370
DO - 10.1111/jora.12370
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039147832
SN - 1050-8392
VL - 28
SP - 858
EP - 874
JO - Journal of Research on Adolescence
JF - Journal of Research on Adolescence
IS - 4
ER -