Teenagers who have sisters are less likely to feel lonely, unloved, guilty, self-conscious or fearful, according to a new study from Brigham Young University. The same study found that having a loving sibling of either gender fostered charitable attitudes among teenagers, even more so than having loving parents did.
- Professor Laura Padilla-Walker studied 395 families who had at least two children, with one child or more ages 10 to 14 years old.
- Affection between siblings was associated with the children doing good deeds; hostility between them was associated with a higher risk for juvenile delinquency.
- Sisters protected adolescents from negative feelings, and it did not matter if the sister was younger or older, or if they were far apart in age.
"An absence of affection seems to be a bigger problem than high levels of conflict," wrote Dr. Padilla-Walker in her study published in the Journal of Family Psychology.
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