Brothers and sisters : sibling relationships across the life course / edited by Ann Buchanan, Anna Rotkirch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buchanan, Ann, editor.

Rotkirch, Anna, 1966- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Siblings.

Brothers and sisters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. The Role of Brothers and Sisters in Changing Times Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch

2. Brothers and Sisters Across the Life Course: Eleven Factors Shaping Relationship Quality in Adult Siblings Tanskanen and Danielsbacka

3. Brothers and Sisters: A Social and Demographic Perspective Haskey

4. Brothers and Sisters: Themes in Myths, Legends and Histories from Europe and the New World Buchanan

5. Siblings in Maori Myth, Culture and Present-Day Society Davey and Cunningham

6. Brothers and Sisters, Husbands and Wives: Love, Power, and Being an In-law Joseph. Sibling Relationships in Adolescence Across Cultures: Predictors, Transitions, and Support Milevsky

8. Sibling Support: The Reports of Israeli Adolescents in Residential Care Attar-Schwartz

9. One Father, Many Mothers: Sibling Relationships in Polygamous Families Al-Krenawi

10. Sibling Relationships Across Families Created Through Assisted Reproduction Jadva

11. Brothers and Sisters in China: No Longer the One-Child Family Chen and Tan

12. Adult Sibling Relationships in the United States: Mostly Close, Occasionally Contentious, and Caring for Aging Parents Woolley and Greif

13. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Siblings Szymanski and Hilton

14. Sibling Support in Transnational Families: The Impact of Migration and Mobility on Sibling Relationships of Support over Time and Distance Baldassar and Brandhorst

15. Social Support When a Sibling has a Disability Kramer, Meltzer & Strohm

16. Sibling Relationships Across Generations in Rwanda: Continuity and Change Through Conflict and DevelopmentPontalti

17. Brothers Who Kill: Murders of Sisters for the Sake of Family Honour in Pakistan Bhanbhro

18. Siblings Caring for Their Parents Across Europe: Gender in Cross-National Perspective Sarkisian & Gerstel

19. Linking Up Again: Views of Barnardos Elders on Being Separated From Their Siblings and How They Reconnected in Old Age Buchanan

20. We Are Close Enough: Closeness and Support from Siblings Among Divorced and Widowed Seniors in Singapore Thang, Lim, Kang and Lim

21. To What Extent can we rely on Support from our Brothers and Sisters at Different Stages in Our Life Span? Buchanan. .

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 04, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783030559854

3030559858

Publisher Number:

99989830604

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Restricted for use by site license.