The study results supported the hypothesis that relationship quality moderates associations between social understanding and siblings' conflict behavior. Siblings with a positive relationship were slightly more likely to achieve compromise resolutions when asked to resolve a reoccurring conflict. Overall, the relation between children's social understanding and conflict behavior depends on sibling relationship quality. However, it cannot be confirmed that children will apply their hypothetical interpretive conflict understanding to all other circumstances in their life outside of the hypothetical situation.

Sibling Conflict Study Conclusion

Relationship quality will moderate associations between social understanding and siblings's dyadic nice and nasty conflict strategies.

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The study recruited sibling dyads (group consisting of two siblings) that had ages varying from 4 to 10 years old. A total of 62 sibling dyads, including their primary care givers, participated in the study.

Sibling Conflict Study Sample

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Holly E. Recchia and Nina Howe: Associations Between Social Understanding, Sibling Relationship Quality, and Siblings'  Conflict Strategies and Outcomes
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