Brooklyn: Meaningful research venture! Do you think the age demographics influenced your results? For example, the transition from childhood to adulthood carries substantial challenges in maintaining familial relations that are markedly different than siblings of an advanced age (think mid-life or nearing retirement or post-retirement ages). Parsing age demographics with future studies has potential for interesting results. Another factor, often age-related, addresses sibling relationships when the parents of the siblings are not longer living. I also wonder about the combination of birth order research and sibling relational maintenance. Fascinating area of study with many investigative opportunities. You have me thinking! [This is Mary Gill, Director of M.A. in Org Leadership at Buena Vista University]
Brooklyn -- Nice work! I agree with Mary, above, that it would be interesting to expand to the study to see if gender identities, age, or birth order influence maintenance strategies. Further, it would be interesting to see how geographic distance and partnership status might result in different maintenance strategies. Which of these findings did you find most compelling?
Brooklyn, this is such an important area to study! We know that sibling relationships are typically the longest family relationships in our lives. In this study, you found a positive correlation between relational maintenance strategies and relational satisfaction. You can't know this from your data, but which do you think comes first: The relational maintenance or the satisfaction? In other words, are we more likely to maintain satisfying relationships, or does relational maintenance help make relationships feel more satisfying?
Brooklyn, this is a VERY interesting study. I had the exact same thought as Kristen when reading your poster. Thinking about my two siblings, one I interact with all the time and the other maybe once a year. I definitely put more effort into one of the relationships because of relational satisfaction. I encourage you to explore this in later studies if you undertake more research. It would also be interesting to see which behaviors are correlated with people who have low satisfaction in their sibling relationships. Great work!
I've seen some of this discussed in my research on emerging adults. That time of transition into adulthood is rife with change, especially as we transition from family-of-origin toward more independence. It would be interesting to look at this through a lens of "frequency" as well. For example, my siblings and I do really well now that we are out of the house. We still see each other (when not social distancing) semi-frequently. Too much would be less satisfying. I think you've found some awesome stuff here! Best of luck in the future--keep in touch!
Brooklyn: Meaningful research venture! Do you think the age demographics influenced your results? For example, the transition from childhood to adulthood carries substantial challenges in maintaining familial relations that are markedly different than siblings of an advanced age (think mid-life or nearing retirement or post-retirement ages). Parsing age demographics with future studies has potential for interesting results. Another factor, often age-related, addresses sibling relationships when the parents of the siblings are not longer living. I also wonder about the combination of birth order research and sibling relational maintenance. Fascinating area of study with many investigative opportunities. You have me thinking! [This is Mary Gill, Director of M.A. in Org Leadership at Buena Vista University]
ReplyDeleteBrooklyn -- Nice work! I agree with Mary, above, that it would be interesting to expand to the study to see if gender identities, age, or birth order influence maintenance strategies. Further, it would be interesting to see how geographic distance and partnership status might result in different maintenance strategies. Which of these findings did you find most compelling?
ReplyDeleteBrooklyn, this is such an important area to study! We know that sibling relationships are typically the longest family relationships in our lives. In this study, you found a positive correlation between relational maintenance strategies and relational satisfaction. You can't know this from your data, but which do you think comes first: The relational maintenance or the satisfaction? In other words, are we more likely to maintain satisfying relationships, or does relational maintenance help make relationships feel more satisfying?
ReplyDeleteBrooklyn, this is a VERY interesting study. I had the exact same thought as Kristen when reading your poster. Thinking about my two siblings, one I interact with all the time and the other maybe once a year. I definitely put more effort into one of the relationships because of relational satisfaction. I encourage you to explore this in later studies if you undertake more research. It would also be interesting to see which behaviors are correlated with people who have low satisfaction in their sibling relationships. Great work!
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ReplyDeleteI've seen some of this discussed in my research on emerging adults. That time of transition into adulthood is rife with change, especially as we transition from family-of-origin toward more independence. It would be interesting to look at this through a lens of "frequency" as well. For example, my siblings and I do really well now that we are out of the house. We still see each other (when not social distancing) semi-frequently. Too much would be less satisfying. I think you've found some awesome stuff here! Best of luck in the future--keep in touch!
Robbie