Research Catalog

Title

The sibling effect : what the bonds among brothers and sisters reveal about us / Jeffrey Kluger.

Author

Kluger, Jeffrey

Publication

New York, NY : Riverhead Books, 2011.

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Details

Description

308 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This work explores what scientists and researchers are discovering about sibling bonds, the longest-lasting relationships we have in our lives. From the time we, are born, our siblings are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to, how to conduct friendships and when to walk away. Our siblings are the only people we know who truly qualify as partners for life. In this book, the author explores the complex world of siblings in a way that is equal parts science, psychology, sociology, and memoir. This book examines birth order, twin studies, genetic encoding of behavioral traits, emotional disorders and their effects on sibling relationships.

Subject

• Siblings
• Interpersonal relations
• Parent and child

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Band of brothers-and sisters -- Stocking the team : siblings in a growing family -- The outbreak of hostilities : why siblings fight-and what to do about it -- Who's on first? : the mysteries of birth order -- The golden child : favoritism-and its consequences -- Breaking up : brothers, sisters, and divorce -- Patching up : the blended family -- Misguided guidance : drugs, pregnancy, and other risk behaviors -- Running the asylum : when siblings raise siblings -- If you show me yours-- : sibs, sex, and gender -- Paired and pared: the curious worlds of twins and singletons -- And on and on-- : siblings through the years.

ISBN

• 9781594488313
• 1594488312

LCCN

^^2011013623

OCLC

• 706017160
• SCSB-11586204

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library