This article summarizes two decades of research about family, and especially parental,
influences on the risk of adolescents becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy. Research …

Studies of adolescent pregnancy risk are relevant to understanding responsible adolescent
sexual behavior because most investigators have focused on the key proximal determinants …

The authors review the literature on sibling relationships in childhood and adolescence,
starting by tracing themes from foundational research and theory and then focusing on …

Although siblings are a fixture of family life, research on sibling relationships lags behind
that on other family relationships. To stimulate interest in sibling research and to serve as a …

The links between changes in sibling conflict and intimacy and changes in perceived peer
social competence and depression symptoms were examined from middle childhood …

Several studies have demonstrated important effects of parents' childbearing behavior on
their children's childbearing preferences and behavior. The study described here advances …

Utilizing longitudinal, 3-wave data collected from multiple informants (fathers, mothers, and
target children) in 374 families, the potential effects of sibling relationships on adolescent …

Although commonly cited as explanations for patterns of sibling similarity and difference,
observational learning and sibling deidentification processes have rarely been examined …

This study examined the nature and extent of adolescent siblings' supportive roles and the
conditions under which siblings provide support to one another about familial and …

Although developmental theorists such as Sullivan (1953) and Havighurst (1972) have
suggested that the formation of romantic relationships in adolescence is an important …