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Hank, Karsten (2021). Linked in Life and Death: A Note on the Effect of Parental Death on Sibling Relations in Young and Middle Adulthood. J. Fam. Issues, 42 (11). S. 2679 - 2691. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-5481

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Abstract

Despite the important role of adult parent-child and sibling relations in the family system, only few studies have investigated yet, how the common adult experience of parental death impacts sibling relations. Estimating fixed-effects regression models using four waves of data from the German Family Panel (pairfam; n = 4,123 respondents), the present note focused on changes in three dimensions of adult siblings' relationship qualities following the first parent's death. Our analysis revealed a short-term positive effect of parental death on sibling contacts as well as longer-lasting increases in emotional closeness and conflicts. Next to an intensification of sibling relations following the first parent's death, we also detected significant spillover effects from respondents' relationship with the surviving parent to their sibling relations. Our analysis thus provided evidence for adult parent-child and sibling relations to be linked in life and death, underlining the benefits of jointly analyzing intra- and intergenerational family relationships.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hank, Karsten UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-562705
DOI:	10.1177/0192513X20985566
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Fam. Issues
Volume:	42
Number:	11
Page Range:	S. 2679 - 2691
Date:	2021
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-5481
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Family Studies Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56270