School Engagement and Achievement in Sibling Pairs: Gender and Birth Order Matter

Q3 Psychology

Journal of Relationships Research Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.1017/jrr.2018.18

L. M. Troesch, T. Ledermann, Joseph W. Jones, A. Grob

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Abstract

School engagement has been shown to be a strong predictor for school achievement. Previous studies have focused on the role of individual and contextual factors to explain school achievement, with few examining the role of siblings. This study used data of 451 adolescent sibling pairs from the Iowa Youth and Families Project to investigate the associations between school engagement and achievement in siblings by considering gender composition and birth order. Data were collected in families’ home and obtained for a target child in the 7th grade and for a sibling within 4 years of age. Average age of younger siblings (55% female) was 11.56 (SD = 1.27), while older siblings (49% female) had an average age of 13.92 (SD = 1.47). Using the two-member, four-group actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), results showed that older siblings’ engagement was positively related with younger siblings’ achievement in same-gender sibling pairs, but not in sibling pairs of opposite gender. Younger siblings’ engagement was independent of older siblings’ achievement regardless of siblings’ gender. Implications for parents and professionals suggest that support for older siblings could also benefit younger siblings in same gender pairs.

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兄弟姐妹的学校参与和成就:性别和出生顺序的关系

学习投入已被证明是学习成绩的一个强有力的预测指标。以前的研究主要关注个人和环境因素在解释学业成绩方面的作用，很少研究兄弟姐妹的作用。本研究使用了来自爱荷华州青年和家庭项目的451对青少年兄弟姐妹的数据，通过考虑性别构成和出生顺序来调查兄弟姐妹的学校参与和成就之间的关系。数据是在家庭中收集的，收集的对象是一个七年级的孩子和一个四岁以内的兄弟姐妹。弟弟妹妹(55%为女性)的平均年龄为11.56岁(SD = 1.27)，哥哥姐姐(49%为女性)的平均年龄为13.92岁(SD = 1.47)。运用二人四组行为者-同伴相互依赖模型(APIM)，结果表明，在同性兄弟姐妹中，哥哥姐姐的投入与弟弟妹妹的成就呈正相关，而在异性兄弟姐妹中则无显著正相关。无论兄弟姐妹的性别如何，弟弟妹妹的参与度与哥哥姐姐的成就无关。对父母和专业人士的启示表明，对哥哥姐姐的支持也可能对同性伴侣中的弟弟妹妹有益。

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