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dc.contributor.authorHaugen, Emily Catherine
dc.description.abstractResearchers have begun to explore the role that family members play in maintaining or recovering from an eating disorder. However, little research has addressed the sibling relationship, including nurturance, quarreling, and favoritism. Self-report questionnaires were collected from 120 girls and 87 boys in middle school (N=161) or high school (N=46). Linear regressions, ANOVAs and mediation analyses were conducted to determine the effects of siblings on adolescents’ disordered eating. Sibling favoritism and modeling of bulimic behavior were the only variables significantly related to relationship quality. Our results indicate that family dynamics and structure may play a larger role in adolescent maladaptive behavior than sibling relationship quality. Additionally, sibling relationship quality, bulimic modeling and sibling favoritism may be part of a very complex process leading to disordered eating behavior. Future research should continue to utilize the sibling subsystem as a means of understanding the development of disordered eating behavior among adolescents.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State University
dc.rightsNDSU Policy 190.6.2
dc.titleAdolescent Sibling Relationships and Disordered Eatingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-24T19:24:19Z
dc.date.available2017-10-24T19:24:19Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/26693
dc.subject.lcshEating disordersen_US
dc.subject.lcshFamily therapyen_US
dc.subject.lcshFavoritismen_US
dc.subject.lcshModelingen_US
dc.subject.lcshSiblingsen_US
dc.subject.lcshSubclinicalen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
ndsu.degreeMaster of Science (MS)en_US
ndsu.collegeHuman Sciences and Educationen_US
ndsu.departmentHuman Development and Family Scienceen_US
ndsu.programCouple and Family Therapyen_US
ndsu.advisorBlodgett Salafia, Elizabeth


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