Citation

Hoffman KL, Edwards JN. J. Fam. Violence 2004; 19(3): 185-200.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia; Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/B:JOFV.0000028078.71745.a2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Drawing on three theoretical perspectives (feminist, conflict, and social learning), an integrated analytical model of adolescence sibling violence and abuse is proposed. The model suggests that certain characteristics of the parents' relationship, various aspects of parent?child relations, and characteristics of the sibling relationship are major components in explaining sibling violence and abuse. These are mediated by individual sibling characteristics and sibling verbal conflict. The model should enable researchers to systematically examine, in a more holistic way, the factors related to violence and abuse, and to assess their relative importance in accounting for these phenomena.