The Relative Impacts of Sibling Relationships on Adolescent Body Perceptions

The sibling relationship is the longest relationship of the life course and has been found to influence youth adjustment (Dunn, 2002 Dunn, J. (2002). Sibling relationships. In P. K. Smith & C. H. Hart (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development (pp. 223–237). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. [Google Scholar]). Given that adolescence is a time of increased body awareness, the authors examined the potential role of siblings’ body...