THE ARRIVAL OF A SIBLING: CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN MOTHER AND FIRST‐BORN CHILD
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 21 (2) , 119-132
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1980.tb00024.x
Abstract
SUMMARY: Interaction between mother and firstborn child before and after the birth of a second child was studied in 41 families, using home observations and interview techniques. Decreases in maternal attention and play, increases in confrontation, and changes in the balance of responsibility for initiating interaction were found. Changes in patterns of association between maternal and child variables after the birth of the sibling were primarily the result of changes in individual differences in child behaviour.Keywords
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