Sibling Interaction and Behavior
The Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS) is a study of adoptive and biological siblings. Since adopted siblings are not biologically related to each other or their siblings, comparing families in which two siblings are both adopted, families in which one sibling is adopted and one is biologically related to the parents, and families in which both siblings are biologically related to the parents allows environmental and biological influence to be analyzed. It additionally allows sibling influence as well as parental influence to be studied. 617 families participated in the intake phase of this study. All families consisted of two parents and two teenage siblings. The primary purposes of this study are to understand how siblings interact and influence one another, how family environment has an impact on the psychological health of adolescents, and how adoptive families are similar to and different from nonadoptive families.
Read more about this topic: Minnesota Twin Family Study
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