Talk with Your Mother or Your Sibling? Developmental Changes in Early Family Conversations about Feelings.

Brown, Jane R.; Dunn, Judy

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ERIC Number: EJ443493

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Publication Date: 1992

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Talk with Your Mother or Your Sibling? Developmental Changes in Early Family Conversations about Feelings.

Brown, Jane R.; Dunn, Judy

Child Development, v63 n2 p336-49 Apr 1992

Developmental changes in the pattern of 50 families' conversations about feelings were examined when the families' second-born children were 33 and 47 months old. The total amount of talk and the frequency of talk about feelings between sibling pairs increased, whereas the amount of mother-child conversation and references to feelings decreased. (GLR)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Family Communication, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Sibling Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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