Latino sibling knowledge and adjustment to chronic disability

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Interviews and questionnaires were conducted among forty matched healthy Latino and non-Latino siblings (ages 8-14) of children with developmental and physical disabilities, to assess sibling knowledge of and adjustment to disability and sibling global psychological functioning. The results indicated that Latino siblings of children with chronic disabilities are at risk for internalizing psychological problems.

Behavior, Latin Americans, Internalization

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Longitudinal pathways linking family factors and sibling relationship qualities to adolescent substance use and sexual risk behaviors

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A 3-wave, 5-year longitudinal study was conducted to test the contributions of family contextual factors and sibling relationship qualities to younger siblings' substance use, sexual risk behaviors, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease. The results emphasize the role of family and parenting processes in shaping sibling relationships, which, in turn, influence adolescent outcomes.

Teenage Pregnancy, Sex, Sexual behavior, Drugs and youth, Juvenile drug abuse, Sexual behaviour

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Parenting and community background and variation in women's life-history development

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The life-history theory was used to examine the relations between parenting and community background and timing of reproductive development and sexual behavior for a community sample of 623 low-income women. The relation between parental investment and women's reproductive delay varied with estimates of wealth in the community in which the participants grew up.

Family Planning & Child Care, Methods, Evaluation, Family planning, Child development

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