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{{Short description|Physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse of one sibling by another}}
'''Sibling abuse''' includes the [[Physical abuse|physical]], [[Psychological abuse|psychological]], or [[sexual abuse]] of one [[sibling]] by another. More often than not, the younger sibling is abused by the older sibling,.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Sibling abuse : hidden physical, emotional, and sexual trauma|last=R.|first=Wiehe, Vernon|date=1997|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=9780761910091|edition=2nd|location=Thousand Oaks, Calif.|oclc=811563767}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=Sibling Aggression: Assessment and Treatment|last=Caspi|first=Jonathan|publisher=Springer Publishing Company|year=2012|isbn=9780826124159|location=eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)}}</ref> however this is not always the case. Sibling abuse is the most common of [[Domestic violence|family violence]] in the [[United States|US]], but the least reported.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Greydanus|first1=Donald E.|last2=Greydanus-Rutgers|first2=Suzanne M.|last3=Merrick|first3=Joav|date=2018-04-01|title=Sibling abuse: a Cadmean victory for societal indifference!|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijamh-2016-0129/html|journal=International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health|language=en|volume=30|issue=2|doi=10.1515/ijamh-2016-0129|pmid=27977402|s2cid=4702308|issn=2191-0278|access-date=2022-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223022629/https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijamh-2016-0129/html|url-status=live}}</ref> As opposed to [[sibling rivalry]], sibling abuse is characterized by the one-sided treatment of one sibling to another.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sibling Bullying and Abuse: The Hidden Epidemic |author=Darlene Lancer |work=Psychology Today|date=Feb 3, 2020 |access-date=26 July 2022 |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/toxic-relationships/202002/sibling-bullying-and-abuse-the-hidden-epidemic |quote=Often labeled rivalry and ignored, sibling bullying and abuse cause real trauma.}}</ref>
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Sibling abuse has been found to most commonly occur in [[Dysfunctional family|dysfunctional families]] where [[Child abuse|abuse from parents]] is present. In the US, 40% of children have engaged in physical aggression towards a sibling, and as many as 85% of children have engaged in verbal abuse towards their sibling.<ref name=":24">{{Cite journal |last1=Morrill |first1=Mandy |last2=Bachman |first2=Curt |date=2013 |title=Confronting the Gender Myth: An Exploration of Variance in Male Versus Female Experience With Sibling Abuse |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0886260512468324 |journal=Journal of Interpersonal Violence |language=en |volume=28 |issue=8 |pages=1693–1708 |doi=10.1177/0886260512468324 |pmid=23262823 |s2cid=45717967 |issn=0886-2605 |access-date=2022-02-23 |archive-date=2024-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601141117/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0886260512468324 |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Sibling abuse''' includes the [[Physical abuse|physical]], [[Psychological abuse|psychological]], or [[sexual abuse]] of one [[sibling]] by another. More often than not, the younger sibling is abused by the older sibling,<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Sibling abuse : hidden physical, emotional, and sexual trauma|last=R.|first=Wiehe, Vernon|date=1997|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=9780761910091|edition=2nd|location=Thousand Oaks, Calif.|oclc=811563767}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=Sibling Aggression: Assessment and Treatment|last=Caspi|first=Jonathan|publisher=Springer Publishing Company|year=2012|isbn=9780826124159|location=eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)}}</ref> however this is not always the case. Sibling abuse is the most common of [[Domestic violence|family violence]] in the US, but the least reported.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Greydanus|first1=Donald E.|last2=Greydanus-Rutgers|first2=Suzanne M.|last3=Merrick|first3=Joav|date=2018-04-01|title=Sibling abuse: a Cadmean victory for societal indifference!|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijamh-2016-0129/html|journal=International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health|language=en|volume=30|issue=2|doi=10.1515/ijamh-2016-0129|pmid=27977402|s2cid=4702308|issn=2191-0278}}</ref> As opposed to [[sibling rivalry]], sibling abuse is characterized by the one-sided treatment of one sibling to another.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Sibling Bullying and Abuse: The Hidden Epidemic
| author = Darlene Lancer
| work = Psychology Today
| date = Feb 3, 2020
| access-date = 26 July 2022
| url = https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/toxic-relationships/202002/sibling-bullying-and-abuse-the-hidden-epidemic
| quote = Often labeled rivalry and ignored, sibling bullying and abuse cause real trauma.
}}</ref>
 
Sibling abuse has been found to most commonly occur in [[Dysfunctional family|dysfunctional families]] where abuse from parents is present. In the US, 40% of children have engaged in physical aggression towards a sibling, and as many as 85% of children have engaged in verbal abuse towards their sibling.<ref name=":24">{{Cite journal|last1=Morrill|first1=Mandy|last2=Bachman|first2=Curt|date=2013|title=Confronting the Gender Myth: An Exploration of Variance in Male Versus Female Experience With Sibling Abuse|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0886260512468324|journal=Journal of Interpersonal Violence|language=en|volume=28|issue=8|pages=1693–1708|doi=10.1177/0886260512468324|pmid=23262823|s2cid=45717967|issn=0886-2605}}</ref>
 
==Types and prevalence==
===Physical abuse===
Sibling physical abuse is defined as a sibling deliberately causing [[violence]] to another sibling.<ref name=":25">{{Cite journal|last1=Kiselica|first1=Mark S.|last2=Morrill-Richards|first2=Mandy|date=2007|title=Sibling Maltreatment: The Forgotten Abuse|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x|journal=Journal of Counseling & Development|language=en|volume=85|issue=2|pages=148–160|doi=10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x|access-date=2022-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223022630/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x|url-status=live}}</ref> The abuse can be inflicted with shoving, hitting, slapping, kicking, biting, pinching, scratching, and hair-pulling. Sibling physical abuse is more common than peer [[bullying]] and other forms of family abuse, such as [[Spousal Abuse|spousal]] or [[child abuse]],<ref name=":02" /> though for a multitude of reasons, it is very difficult to calculate exact prevalence rates. Even when sibling abuse is recognized it remains heavily under-reported, due to the lack of resources provided to families, such as [[child protective services]] and [[Mandatory reporter|mandatory reporters]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Stutey|first1=Diane|last2=Clemens|first2=Elysia V.|date=2014|title=Hidden Abuse Within the Home: Recognizing and Responding to Sibling Abuse|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2156759X0001800119|journal=Professional School Counseling|language=en|volume=18|issue=1|pages=2156759X0001800|doi=10.1177/2156759X0001800119|s2cid=219962584|issn=1096-2409|access-date=2022-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223051245/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2156759X0001800119|url-status=live}}</ref> Professional childcare providers have considerably different definitions of the term, and lack a system to track reports. Sibling physical abuse persists from childhood through adulthood, with prevalence rates varying across studies, though its intensity and frequency declines as the victim and/or perpetrator grow up.<ref name=":02" />
 
Sibling aggression is somewhat common even in families that could not be classified as pervasively abusive, with 37% of 498 children committing at least one act of serious abuse during the previous year; in abusive families, 100% of children committed at least one act of serious abuse.<ref>Hotaling, G. T., Straus, M. A., & Lincoln, A. J. (1990). Intrafamily violence and crime and violence outside the family. In M. A. Straus and R. J. Gelles (Eds.), Physical Violence in American Families (ppp. 431-470431–470). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books</ref> In [[Pakistanis in the United Kingdom|Pakistani immigrant families in the UK]], siblings have the highest proportion of physical abuse compared to other family members, with 35% being done by siblings, compared to 33% by mothers and 19% by fathers.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://shura.shu.ac.uk/602/1/fulltext.pdf |title=Disciplining, Chastisement and Physical Child Abuse: Perceptions and Attitudes of the British Pakistani Community]|access-date=2010-04-10|archive-date=2011-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320232734/http://shura.shu.ac.uk/602/1/fulltext.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Several studies show that sisters are more likely to be victimized by brothers than vice versa.<ref name=":7">{{cite journal | last1 = Graham-Bermann | first1 = S. A. | last2 = Cutler | first2 = S. E. | year = 1994 | title = The Brother-Sister Questionnaire: Psychometric assessment and discrimination of well-functioning from dysfunctional relationships | journal = Journal of Family Psychology | volume = 8 | issue = 2| pages = 224–238 | doi = 10.1037/0893-3200.8.2.224 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Finkelhor | first1 = D. | last2 = Baron | first2 = L. | year = 1986 | title = Risk factors for child sexual abuse | journal = Journal of Interpersonal Violence | volume = 1 | issue = 1| pages = 43–71 | doi = 10.1177/088626086001001004 | s2cid = 145646774 }}</ref> Additionally, age is also a contributing factor to sibling abuse, where older siblings are more likely to abuse the younger siblings.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meyers|first=Amy|date=2017|title=Lifting the veil: The lived experience of sibling abuse|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1473325015612143|journal=Qualitative Social Work|language=en|volume=16|issue=3|pages=333–350|doi=10.1177/1473325015612143|s2cid=146886153|issn=1473-3250|access-date=2022-02-23|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223051250/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1473325015612143|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
=== Psychological abuse ===
[[Psychological abuse]] among siblings is even more difficult to identify. Psychological abuse in siblings can be identified by both the frequency and intensity of harmful interaction.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1name=Kiselica|first1=Mark S.|last2=Morrill-Richards|first2=Mandy|date=2007|title=Sibling Maltreatment: The Forgotten Abuse|url=https":25"//onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x|journal=Journal of Counseling & Development|language=en|volume=85|issue=2|pages=148–160|doi=10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x}}</ref> These interactions can include [[Mockery|ridicule]] to express contempt, as well as degradation towards the othersother's [[self-esteem]]. Adults, such as the parents or professional care providers have difficulty differentiating between psychological aggression and abuse because it is difficult to identify when the balance of power is not evenly distributed. Hence, the consequences of the aggression are not only injury, but also control or domination of one sibling over the other.<ref name=":02" />

Although it has been found to be the most prevalent type of abuse in sibling conflict, prevalence rates are difficult to calculate, due to the difficulty in differentiating aggression from abuse.<ref name=":02" /> Whipple and Finton<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Whipple | first1 = E. | last2 = Finton | first2 = S. | year = 1995 | title = Psychological maltreatment by siblings: An unrecognized form of abuse | url = https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF01876209 | journal = Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal | volume = 12 | issue = 2 | pages = 135–146 | doi = 10.1007/BF01876209 | s2cid = 144194464 | access-date = 2020-02-13 | archive-date = 2024-06-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240601141120/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01876209 | url-status = live }}</ref>{{Who|date=October 2024}} report that "Psychological maltreatment between siblings is one of the most common, yet often under-recognized forms of child abuse." Bagley and Ramsey, Mullen, Martin, Anderson, Romans and Herbison, Kurtz, Gaudin, Wodarski, and Howing, and Beitchman et al., are some of theSeveral researchers that have found negative psychological, academic, and social consequences to be related to sibling aggression and abuse; despite thishowever, [[causal inference]] requires more study.<ref name=":02" /> CaffaroOne andstudy Conn-Caffaro report, based on their research,found that adult sibling abuse survivors have much higher rates of emotional cutoff (34%) with brothers and sisters than what is evident in the general population (<6%).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223843633|title=Treating sibling abuse families|last1=Caffaro|first1=John|last2=Conn-Caffaro|first2=Allison|date=2005-07-01|volume=10|access-date=2018-03-08|archive-date=2024-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601141124/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223843633_Treating_sibling_abuse_families|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===Sexual abuse===
*[[{{further|Child-on-child sexual abuse]]}}
{{further|Child-on-child sexual abuse}}Sexual sibling abuse is defined as sexual behavior "that is not age appropriate, not transitory, and not motivated by developmentally appropriate curiosity."<ref name=":25">{{Cite journal|last1=Kiselica|first1=Mark S.|last2=Morrill-Richards|first2=Mandy|date=2007|title=Sibling Maltreatment: The Forgotten Abuse|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x|journal=Journal of Counseling & Development|language=en|volume=85|issue=2|pages=148–160|doi=10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x}}</ref> To identify sexual abuse, there needs to be [[coercion]] and domination over one sibling.<ref name=":26">{{Cite journal |last=Kiselica |first=Mark |date=2007 |title=Sibling Maltreatment: The Forgotten Abuse |journal=Journal of Counseling & Development |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=148–160 |doi=10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x |via=EBSCO}}</ref> Prevalence rates are also difficult to calculate for several reasons: victims often do not realize that they are suffering abuse, until they reach maturity, and have a better understanding of the role they played during the encounters,; they are afraid of reporting,; and there is no consensus on a definition of sibling sexual abuse.<ref name=":02" /> The average age of the offender is fifteen, where the average age of the victim is nine.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}
 
As with other forms of abuse among siblings, Therethere is a large lack of reporting in sibling sexual abuse, as parents either do not recognize it as being abuse or try to cover the abuse.<ref name=":26" /> An increased risk of [[sibling sexual abuse]] may be found in a heightened sexual climate in a family, or in a rigidly, [[Sexual repression|sexually repressed]] family environments.<ref name=":25" /> Sexual abuse in siblings may have long-term affects on the victims. Many victims have been diagnosed with a variety of psychological problems."<ref name=":2" /> Victims have been recorded to correlate pain and fear with sex, leading to long term issues with [[intimacy]].<ref name=":24" />
 
Rudd and Herzberger report that brothers who committed [[incest]] were more likely to use force than fathers who commit incest (64% vs. 53%).<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Rudd | first1 = J. M. | last2 = Herzberger | first2 = S. D. | year = 1999 | title = Brother-sister incest/father-daughter incest: A comparison of characteristics and consequences | journal = Child Abuse and Neglect | volume = 23 | issue = 9 | pages = 915–928 | doi = 10.1016/s0145-2134(99)00058-7 | pmid = 10505905 }}</ref> reportSimilarly, Cyr and colleagues found that brothersabout who70% committedof sibling [[incest]] wereinvolved moresexual likelypenetration, tosubstantially use forcehigher than fathersother whoforms commitof incest (64% vs. 53%). Similarly, Cyr and colleagues<ref name="Cyr">{{cite journal | last1 = Cyr | first1 = M. | last2 = Wright | first2 = J. | last3 = McDuff | first3 = P. | last4 = Perron | first4 = A. | year = 2002 | title = Intrafamilial sexual abuse: Brother-sister incest does not differ from father-daughter and stepfather-stepdaughter incest | journal = Child Abuse and Neglect | volume = 26 | issue = 9 | pages = 957–973 | doi = 10.1016/s0145-2134(02)00365-4 | pmid = 12433139 }}</ref> foundBass thatand aboutcolleagues 70%write ofthat "sibling incest involvedoccurs sexualat penetration,a substantiallyfrequency higherthat thanrivals and may even exceed other forms of incest.," Bassyet andonly colleagues11% of studies into [[child sexual abuse]] examined sibling perpetrators.<ref>Bass, L., Taylor, B., Kunutson-Martin, C. and Huenergardt, D. (2006) [https://searchwww.proquest.com/docview/305178311 Making Sense of Abuse: Case Studies in Sibling Incest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601141122/https://www.proquest.com/docview/305178311 |date=2024-06-01 }}. [[Contemporary Family Therapy]], Vol 28, no 1, pp 87-109</ref> writeRayment and Owen report that "[in comparison of] the offending patterns of sibling incestoffenders occurswith atother ateenage frequencysex thatoffenders rivals... Sibling abusers admitted to more [[Sex and maythe evenlaw|sexual exceedoffenses]], otherhad formsa ofhigher incest[[recidivism]] rate," yetand onlya 11%majority ofengaged studiesin intomore childintrusive sexual abusebehaviour examinedthan siblingother perpetratorsadolescent sex offenders. RaymentThe sibling perpetrator has more access to the victim and Owenexists within a structure of silence and guilt."<ref>S. Rayment and N Owen. (1999) [http://www.sasian.org/pdf/owen.pdf WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHERE SIBLING INCEST HAS OCCURRED: THE DYNAMICS, DILEMMAS AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222020956/http://www.sasian.org/pdf/owen.pdf |date=2009-12-22 }}. A Paperpaper presented at the Children and Crime: Victims and Offenders Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology and held in Brisbane, 17–18 June 1999</ref> report that "[in comparison of] the offending patterns of sibling offenders with other teenage sex offenders ... Sibling abusers admitted to more [[Sex and the law|sexual offenses]], had a higher [[recidivism]] rate, and a majority engaged in more intrusive sexual behaviour than other adolescent sex offenders. The sibling perpetrator has more access to the victim and exists within a structure of silence and guilt." A survey of eight hundred college students reported by [[David Finkelhor]] in the ''Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling'' found that fifteen percent of females and ten percent of males had been sexually abused by an older sibling.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Finkelhor | first1 = D | year = 1978 | title = Psychological, cultural, and family factors in incest and family sexual abuse | journal = Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 41–79 | doi = 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1978.tb00539.x }}</ref>
 
==Identification==
[[Sibling rivalry]], competition, and disagreements are considered normal components of childhood and adolescence. To identify physical, psychological, and relational sibling abuse, practitioners and parents need to observe behavior and ask questions about the sibling's relationships that will help them understand if there are characteristics that differentiate aggression from abuse. Sexual sibling abuse requires additional considerations.<ref name=":02" /> Victims may initially deny the existence of any type of abuse but this may be because they haven'thave not realized it yet. Different questions about the prevalence of types of aggression, frequency, the intention of harm, the magnitude of the aggression, and unidirectional dominance help assess the existence of abuse.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02" /> Regarding sexual abuse, individuals are less likely to openly talk about it, unlike other forms of abuse such as physical or psychological. For this reason, in addition to asking direct questions about sibling sexual abuse, practitioners and parents must look out for behaviors that may indicate the presence of sexual abuse. Another challenge comes when differentiating between sexual abuse and adequate sexual behavior.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02" /> The biggest difference relies on how [[incest]] happens with the consensus of both siblings while sexual abuse does not. A victim may not be aware that he/shethey did not consent because of innocence or lack of understanding of what was happening. The latter generally happens to children who are too young to understand sexual implications and boundaries.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
 
Weihe<ref name=":1" /> suggests that four criteria should be used to determine if questionable behavior is rivalry or abusive. First, one must determine if the questionable behavior is age-appropriate, since children use different conflict-resolution tactics during various developmental stages. Second, one must determine if the behavior is an isolated incident or part of an enduring pattern: abuse is, by definition, a long-term pattern rather than occasional disagreements. Third, one must determine if there is an "aspect of [[victimization]]" to the behavior: rivalry tends to be incident-specific, reciprocal, and obvious to others, while abuse is characterized by secrecy and an imbalance of power. Fourth, one must determine the goal of the questionable behavior: the goal of abuse tends to be embarrassment or domination of the victim.<ref name=":1" />
[[Sibling rivalry]], competition, and disagreements are considered normal components of childhood and adolescence. To identify physical, psychological, and relational sibling abuse, practitioners and parents need to observe behavior and ask questions about the sibling's relationships that will help them understand if there are characteristics that differentiate aggression from abuse. Sexual sibling abuse requires additional considerations.<ref name=":02" /> Victims may initially deny the existence of any type of abuse but this may be because they haven't realized it yet. Different questions about the prevalence of types of aggression, frequency, the intention of harm, the magnitude of the aggression, and unidirectional dominance help assess the existence of abuse.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02" /> Regarding sexual abuse, individuals are less likely to openly talk about it, unlike other forms of abuse such as physical or psychological. For this reason, in addition to asking direct questions about sibling sexual abuse, practitioners and parents must look out for behaviors that may indicate the presence of sexual abuse. Another challenge comes when differentiating between sexual abuse and adequate sexual behavior.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02" /> The biggest difference relies on how incest happens with the consensus of both siblings while sexual abuse does not. A victim may not be aware that he/she did not consent because of innocence or lack of understanding of what was happening. The latter generally happens to children who are too young to understand sexual implications and boundaries.
 
Weihe<ref name=":1" /> suggests that four criteria should be used to determine if questionable behavior is rivalry or abusive. First, one must determine if the questionable behavior is age-appropriate, since children use different conflict-resolution tactics during various developmental stages. Second, one must determine if the behavior is an isolated incident or part of an enduring pattern: abuse is, by definition, a long-term pattern rather than occasional disagreements. Third, one must determine if there is an "aspect of [[victimization]]" to the behavior: rivalry tends to be incident-specific, reciprocal, and obvious to others, while abuse is characterized by secrecy and an imbalance of power. Fourth, one must determine the goal of the questionable behavior: the goal of abuse tends to be embarrassment or domination of the victim.
 
==Risk factors==
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There are several important risk factors associated with sibling abuse.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Sibling Aggression: Assessment and Treatment|last=Caspi|first=Jonathan|publisher=Springer Publishing Company|year=2012|pages=14–19, 223–226}}</ref> They can be categorized into family system, parenting behavior, individual, and other risk factors.<ref name=":0" />
 
=== Family system ===
This category of risk factors associated with sibling abuse looks at the family system as a whole. It includes negative and conflictual parent-child relationships,<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Hoffman, Kiecolt, & Edwards|date=2005|title=Physical violence between siblings: a theoretical and empirical analysis|journal=Journal of Family Issues|volume=2698)|pages=185–200}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> parental hostility toward a child,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams, Conger, & Blozis|date=2007|title=The development of interpersonal aggression during adolescence: the importance of parents, siblings, and family economics|journal=Child Development|volume=78(50|issue=5|pages=1526–1542|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01081.x|pmid=17883446}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> [[spousal abuse]], partner conflict, marital conflict,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Haj-Yahia & Dawud-Noursi|date=1998|title=Predicting the use of different conflict tactics among Arab siblings in Israel: a study based on social learning theory|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/e6e9052b22fb644d52258c606fb3ccdc8000723f|journal=Journal of Family Violence|volume=13|pages=81–103|doi=10.1023/A:1022864801027|s2cid=37677091}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Intrafamily violence and crime and violence outside the family in Physical violence in American families: Risk factors and adaptations to violence in 8,145 families|last=Hotaling, Straus, & Lincoln (Straus & Gelles Eds.)|year=1990|pages=431–470}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stocker & Youngblade|date=1999|title=Marital conflict and parental hostility: links with children's sibling and peer relationships|journal=Journal of Family Psychology|volume=13 |issue=4|pages=598–609|doi=10.1037/0893-3200.13.4.598}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> mother's marital dissatisfaction and negative emotional expressiveness,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stocker, Ahmed, & Stall|date=1997|title=Marital satisfaction and maternal emotional expressiveness: links with children's sibling relationships|journal=Social Development|volume=6 |issue=3|pages=373–385|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9507.1997.tb00112.x}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> maternal self-criticism,<ref name=":21">{{Cite journal|last=Garcia, Shaw, Winslow, & Yaggi|date=2000|title=Destructive sibling conflict and the development of conduct problems in young boys|journal=Developmental Psychology|volume=36 |issue=1|pages=44–53|pmid=10645743|doi=10.1037/0012-1649.36.1.44}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=MacKinnon-Lewis, Starnes, Volling & Johnson|date=1997|title=Perceptions of parenting as predictors of boys' sibling and peer relations|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/531bd19ef0df98a26fc0e282d1f9a86e3e07247d|journal=Developmental Psychology|volume=33|issue=6|pages=1024–1031|doi=10.1037/0012-1649.33.6.1024|pmid=9383624|s2cid=13286268}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Volling & Belsky|date=1992|title=The contribution of mother-child and father-child relationships to the quality of sibling interaction: a longitudinal study|journal=Child Development|volume=63 |issue=5|pages=1209–1222|doi=10.2307/1131528|jstor=1131528|pmid=1446550}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> financial stress,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hardy|date=2001|title=Physical aggression and sexual behavior among siblings: a retrospective study|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/1d2d20a41ec471f8f8e50348d604daaa25859cac|journal=Journal of Family Violence|volume=16 |issue=3|pages=255–268|doi=10.1023/A:1011186215874|s2cid=19966643}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite journal|last=Williams, Conger, & Blozis|date=2007|title=The development of interpersonal aggression during adolescence: the importance of parents, siblings, and family economics|journal=Child Development|volume=78 |issue=5|pages=1526–1542|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01081.x|pmid=17883446}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> low family cohesion, family disorganization, and household chaos,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brody, Stoneman, & McCoy|date=1994|title=Forecasting sibling relationships in early adolescence from child temperaments and family processes in middle childhood|journal=Child Development|volume=65|issue=3|pages=771–784|doi=10.2307/1131417|jstor=1131417|pmid=8045166}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Eriksen & Jensen|date=2006|title=All in the family? Family environment factors in sibling violence|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/243ab8e30bf0b118d9a74e84859e9fc2408af920|journal=Journal of Family Violence|volume=21 |issue=8|pages=497–507|doi=10.1007/s10896-006-9048-9|s2cid=34382270}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kretschmer & Pike|date=2009|title=Young children's sibling relationship quality: distal and proximal correlates|journal=Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry|volume=50 |issue=5|pages=581–589|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02016.x|pmid=19236529}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> husband's losses of temper,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> low maternal education,<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Ensor, Marks, Jacobs, & Hughes|date=2010|title=Trajectories of antisocial behaviour towards siblings predict antisocial behaviour towards peers|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/e78ea855027f6d485bac25a9d88c87b12878856b|journal=Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry|volume=51 |issue=11|pages=1208–1216|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02276.x|pmid=20584100|s2cid=31755375}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and family [[Triangulation (psychology)|triangulation]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Haskins|date=2003|title=Treating sibling incest using a family systems approach|journal=Journal of Mental Health Counseling|volume=25 |issue=4|pages=337–350|doi=10.17744/mehc.25.4.r0vm1whayctmlmww}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kerig|date=1995|title=Triangles in the family circle: effects of family structure on marriage, parenting, and child adjustment|journal=Journal of Family Psychology|volume=9 |issue=1|pages=28–43|doi=10.1037/0893-3200.9.1.28}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite journal|last=Kiselica & Morrill-Richards|date=2007|title=Sibling maltreatment: the forgotten abuse|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/63c8a60335af94bdb381dcceac75e38fb14d492b|journal=Journal of Counseling & Development|volume=85 |issue=2|pages=148–160|doi=10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00457.x|s2cid=144831012}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
 
=== Parenting behavior ===
This category of risk factors associated with sibling abuse examines the parenting behavior of adult caregivers. It includes parental differential treatment of children,<ref>{{Cite book|title=The developmental importance of differences in siblings experiences within the family in Parent-child relations throughout life|last=Dunn (Pillimer & McCartney Eds.)|year=1991}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> fathers favoring later-born sisters,<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Updegraff, Thayer, Whiteman, Denning, & McHale|date=2005|title=Relational aggression in adolescents' sibling relationships: links to sibling and parent-adolescent relationship quality|journal=Family Relations|volume=54 |issue=3|pages=373–385|doi=10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00324.x}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> active and direct judgmental comparison,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Feinberg & Hetherington|date=2001|title=Differential parenting as a within-family variable|journal=Journal of Family Psychology|volume=15 |issue=1|pages=22–37|pmid=11322082|doi=10.1037/0893-3200.15.1.22}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> parents labeling their children "bad-good" and "easy-difficult",<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schachter|date=1985|title=Sibling deidentification in the clinic: devil v. angel|journal=Family Process|volume=24 |issue=3|pages=415–427|doi=10.1111/j.1545-5300.1985.00415.x|pmid=4043356}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schachter & Stone|date=1995|title=Difficult sibling, easy sibling: temperament and the within-family environment|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/9872167fae64e8e59ae2a3802d45317a9438199b|journal=Child Development|volume=56|issue=5|pages=1335–1344|doi=10.2307/1130248|jstor=1130248|s2cid=21744097}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> low parental involvement, particularly by fathers,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" /> ineffective parenting,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bank, Burraston, & Snyder|date=2004|title=Sibling conflict and ineffective parenting as predictors of adolescent boys' antisocial behavior and peer difficulties: additive and interactional effects|journal=Journal of Research on Adolescence|volume=14 |issue=1|pages=99–125|doi=10.1111/j.1532-7795.2004.01401005.x}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> inconsistent discipline,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Negative sibling interaction patterns as predictors of later adjustment problems in adolescent and young adult males in Sibling relationships: their causes and consequences|last=Bank, Patterson, & Reid (Brody, Ed.)|year=1996|pages=197–229}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> coercive parenting,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Means-Burleson|date=2002|title=Aggression: family and sibling correlates|journal=Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering|volume=63(6-B)|pages=3015}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> maternal coercive, rejecting, and over-controlling behaviors,<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yu|date=2008|title=Reexamining aggression and social affordance in sibling relationships: taking a closer look at neglected characteristics|journal=Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering|volume=68(11-B)|pages=7693}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> parental abuse of children,<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last=Button & Gealt|date=2010|title=High risk behaviors among victims of sibling violence|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6f719b13dc2c4d20b91e1f6f7790a4ed8fe3b459|journal=Journal of Family Violence|volume=25 |issue=2|pages=131–140|doi=10.1007/s10896-009-9276-x|s2cid=25607443}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> parent's use of violence to resolve parent-child conflict,<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Graham-Burmann, Cutler, Litzenberger, & Schwartz|date=1994|title=Perceived conflict and violence in childhood sibling relationships and later emotional adjustment|journal=Journal of Family Psychology|volume=8 |issue=1|pages=85–97|doi=10.1037/0893-3200.8.1.85}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> parental neglect and approval of aggression,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rosenthal & Doherty|date=1984|title=Serious sibling abuse by preschool children|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/ec087933392257283db8aa1c20f7a419c187f2f3|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry|volume=23 |issue=2|pages=186–190|doi=10.1097/00004583-198403000-00010|pmid=6715740|s2cid=40834376}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> corporal punishment,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> not providing supervision,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Whipple & Finton|date=1995|title=Psychological maltreatment by siblings: an unrecognized form of abuse|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/cefb6b9778ae1102338987af57480ef816e436f2|journal=Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal|volume=12 |issue=2|pages=135–146|doi=10.1007/BF01876209|s2cid=144194464}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> not intervening in sibling conflict,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bennett|date=1990|title=Nonintervention into siblings' fighting as a catalyst for learned helplessness|journal=Psychological Reports|volume=66 |issue=1|pages=139–145|doi=10.2466/pr0.1990.66.1.139|pmid=2183255|s2cid=27922535}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> not acknowledging child-voiced claims of maltreatment,<ref name=":19">{{Cite book|title=Sibling abuse: hidden physical, emotional, and sexual trauma|last=Wiehe|publisher=Sage Publications|year=1997}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> not reinforcing [[Prosocial behavior|pro-social behaviors]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bryant & Crockenberg|date=1980|title=Correlates and dimensions of prosocial behavior: a study of female siblings with their mothers|journal=Child Development|volume=51 |issue=2|pages=529–544|doi=10.2307/1129288|jstor=1129288|pmid=7398455}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and restricting children's efforts to diversify interests and specialization.<ref name=":14">{{Cite book|title=Born to rebel: birth order, family dynamics, and creative lives|last=Sulloway|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1996|location=New York}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
 
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=== Other risk factors ===
Several other risk factors are associated with sibling abuse. One is birth order and age spacing. MartinA and Rossstudy found that first-born children were more likely to be sibling abuse offenders.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Martin & Ross|date=1995|title=The development of aggression within sibling conflict|journal=Early Education and Development|volume=6 |issue=4|pages=335–358|doi=10.1207/s15566935eed0604_4}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Imitating an older sibling's aggressive behavior,<ref>{{Cite book|title=The contribution of siblings to training for fighting: a micro social analysis in Development of antisocial and prosocial behavior: research, theories, and issues|last=Patterson (Block & Radke-Yarros Eds.)|publisher=Academic Press|year=1986|location=New York|pages=235–261}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> being given the task of sibling caretaking,<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":0" /> and close age spacing<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|last=Aguilar, O'Brien, August, Aoun, & Hektner|date=2001|title=Relationship quality of aggressive children and their siblings: a multi-informant, multi-measure investigation|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/2ddea318eae7d3bb6ad51c369c7423d1aa6e7e77|journal=Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology|volume=29|issue=6|pages=479–489|doi=10.1023/A:1012273024211|pmid=11761282|s2cid=27995949}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Noland, Lille, McDermott, Coulter, & Seraphine|date=2004|title=Is adolescent sibling violence a precursor to college dating violence?|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/87af4c7d32ec6069352e53254928c66bbf71cb05|journal=American Journal of Health Behavior|volume=28 |issue=1|pages=S13–S23|doi=10.5993/ajhb.28.s1.3|pmid=15055568|s2cid=15568814}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> were also found to be closely associated with sibling abuse.
 
Another risk factor is gender. The presence of a male child within the sibling group<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lockwood|date=2002|title=Examination of siblings' aggression styles: do sisters show more relational aggression than brothers?|journal=Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering|volume=63(5-B)|pages=2621}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Randall|date=1992|title=Adolescents may experience home, school abuse; their future draws researchers' concern|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/345aaeb0e50c8d27cd4d44e62daad52847318cbb|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|volume=267 |issue=23|pages=3127–3128|doi=10.1001/jama.1992.03480230019004|pmid=1593722|s2cid=27719876}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and older brother-younger sister pairs<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Buhrmester & Furman|date=1990|title=Perceptions of sibling relationships during middle childhood and adolescence|journal=Child Development|volume=61|issue=5|pages=1387–1398|doi=10.2307/1130750|jstor=1130750|pmid=2245732}}</ref><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0" /> are associated with the occurrence of sibling abuse and being female<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Atwood|date=2001|title=Gender bias in families and its clinical implication for women|journal=Social Work|volume=46 |issue=1|pages=23–36|pmid=11217491|doi=10.1093/sw/46.1.23}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> is associated with the experience of victimization by a sibling.
 
Sociocultural background also factors into sibling abuse. Some known sociocultural background risk factors include cultural practices such as primogeniture and patriarchy,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hoffman & Edwards|date=2004|title=An integrated theoretical model of sibling violence and abuse|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/e02835e1cdf6dd51586c52c251509bb88db55ad6|journal=Journal of Family Violence|volume=19 |issue=3|pages=185–200|doi=10.1023/B:JOFV.0000028078.71745.a2|s2cid=44771531}}</ref><ref name=":14" /><ref name=":0" /> disability of a sibling,<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Linares|date=2006|title=An understudied form of intra-family violence: sibling-to-sibling aggression among foster children|journal=Aggression and Violent Behavior|volume=11|pages=95–109|doi=10.1016/j.avb.2005.07.001}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> family economic pressure,<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":0" /> excessive sibling caregiving,<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":0" /> and ethnic/cultural background in which sibling aggression is widely condoned.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rapoza, Cook, Zaveri, & Malley-Morrison|date=2010|title=Ethnic perspectives on sibling abuse in the United States|journal=Journal of Family Issues|volume=31 |issue=6|pages=808–829|doi=10.1177/0192513X09359158|s2cid=145708763}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
 
Parental [[alcoholism]],<ref name=":0" /> parental support of child aggression,<ref name=":0" /> and social glorification of violence in the media<ref name=":0" /> have also been associated with sibling abuse.
 
== Potential effects ==
The effects of sibling abuse closely parallel those of other forms of [[child abuse]].<ref name=":202">{{Cite book |last=Caffaro |first=John |title=Sibling Abuse Trauma: Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children, Families, and Adults |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |pages=78–84, 123–126}}</ref> Potential effects of sibling abuse include difficulty separating pleasure from pain and fear from desire in a sexual relationship,<ref name=":192">{{Cite book |last=Wiehe |title=Sibling abuse: hidden physical, emotional, and sexual trauma |publisher=Sage Publications |year=1997}}</ref> re-victimization in adulthood,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Briere & Runtz |title=Post sexual abuse trauma in Lasting effects of child sexual abuse |year=1988 |pages=85–99}}</ref> difficulty in developing and sustaining intimate relationships,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Finkelhor, Hotaling, Lewis, & Smith |date=1989 |title=Sexual abuse and its relationship to later sexual satisfaction, marital status, religion, and attitudes |journal=Journal of Interpersonal Violence |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=279–399 |doi=10.1177/088626089004004001 |s2cid=144307047}}</ref> trouble negotiating boundaries, intimacy issues, and interdependency in relationships.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Caffaro |date=2011 |title=Introduction to the special issue: siblings and groups |journal=Group |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=273–277|doi=10.1353/grp.2011.a844816 |s2cid=247624658 }}</ref>
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The effects of sibling abuse closely parallel those of other forms of [[child abuse]].<ref name=":20">{{Cite book|title=Sibling Abuse Trauma: Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children, Families, and Adults|last=Caffaro|first=John|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|pages=78–84, 123–126}}</ref>
 
It is possible that there may be significant problems following sibling abuse such as [[affect regulation]] and accompanying [[Affect disorder|affect disorders]], [[impulse control]], [[somatization]], [[post-traumatic stress disorder]], [[Eating disorder|eating disorders]] such as [[Anorexia nervosa|anorexia]] or [[bulimia nervosa]], [[substance abuse]] issues, [[Major depressive disorder|major depression]] and problems with socialization.<ref name=":222">{{Cite journal |last=Putnam |date=2003 |title=Ten-year research update review: child sexual abuse |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=269–278 |doi=10.1097/00004583-200303000-00006 |pmid=12595779 |s2cid=17567105}}</ref> Siblings may exhibit [[Internalization (psychology)|internalizing]] or [[Externalization (psychology)|externalizing]] behaviors that can be disruptive to the family unit.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tremblay, Hébert, & Piché |date=1999 |title=Coping strategies and social support as mediators of consequences in child sexual abuse victims |journal=Child Abuse & Neglect |volume=23 |issue=9 |pages=929–945 |doi=10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00056-3 |pmid=10505906}}</ref> Such behaviors problems may escalate into other behavior problems such as aggression and delinquency.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Garcia |first1=Monica M. |last2=Shaw |first2=Daniel S. |last3=Winslow |first3=Emily B. |last4=Yaggi |first4=Kirsten E. |date=2000 |title=Destructive sibling conflict and the development of conduct problems in young boys. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.36.1.44 |journal=Developmental Psychology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=44–53 |doi=10.1037/0012-1649.36.1.44 |pmid=10645743 |issn=1939-0599 |access-date=2023-04-17 |archive-date=2024-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601141127/https://psycnet.apa.org/api/request/browsePA.getJournals |url-status=live }}</ref> Siblings that have been affected by sibling abuse may be more susceptible to developing conduct disorder and having more mental health distress caused by sibling abuse. [[Siblicide]] may be an effect of sibling abuse in which a sibling commits homicide against another sibling; typically seen as a male sibling entering life as an adult against a younger brother.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Waid |first1=Jeffrey D. |last2=Tanana |first2=Michael J. |last3=Vanderloo |first3=Mindy J. |last4=Voit |first4=Rachel |last5=Kothari |first5=Brianne H. |date=2020-08-07 |title=The role of siblings in the development of externalizing behaviors during childhood and adolescence: a scoping review |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2020.1799893 |journal=Journal of Family Social Work |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=318–337 |doi=10.1080/10522158.2020.1799893 |s2cid=222315218 |issn=1052-2158 |access-date=2023-04-17 |archive-date=2024-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601141122/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10522158.2020.1799893 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Potential effects of sibling abuse include difficulty separating pleasure from pain and fear from desire in a sexual relationship,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Whelan|date=2003|title=A much neglected risk factor in elderly mental disorders|journal=Current Opinion in Psychiatry|volume=16|pages=609–614|doi=10.1097/00001504-200311000-00002|s2cid=143521109}}</ref><ref name=":19" /><ref name=":20" /> depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, low self-esteem, and suicide,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Canavan, Meyer, & Higgs|date=1992|title=The female experience of sibling incest|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/cacb7e42071722c167e34ecba23d3f5c07c3f12c|journal= Journal of Marital and Family Therapy|volume=18 |issue=2|pages=129–142|doi=10.1111/j.1752-0606.1992.tb00924.x|s2cid=143162149}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Finkelhor|date=1980|title=Sex among siblings: a survey on prevalence, variety, and effects|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/11f6334fc258bacc3e8f028443e36a052a542d02|journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior|volume=7|issue=3|pages=171–194|doi=10.1007/BF01542244|pmid=7396691|s2cid=7206053}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Individualization, individuality, inferiority, and the internet: Japanese university students and email in Japanese Cybercultures|last=McVeigh|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|pages=19–33}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rudd & Hertzberger|date=1999|title=Brother-sister incest-father-daughter incest: a comparison of characteristics and consequences|journal=Child Abuse & Neglect|volume=23|issue=9|pages=915–928|doi=10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00058-7|pmid=10505905}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thompson|date=2009|title=Sibling incest: a model for group practice with adult female victims of brother-sister incest|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/8d5aac312f2b399a254ecdf6d7057b586b14815b|journal=Journal of Family Violence|volume=24 |issue=7|pages=531–537|doi=10.1007/s10896-009-9251-6|s2cid=36166550}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Sibling abuse: hidden physical, emotional, and sexual trauma|last=Wiehe|publisher=Lexington Books|year=1990}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Worling|date=1995|title=Adolescent sibling incest offenders: differences in family and individual functioning when compared to adolescent non sibling sex offenders|journal=Child Abuse & Neglect|volume=19 |issue=5|pages=633–643|doi=10.1016/0145-2134(95)00021-Y|pmid=7664142}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> re-victimization in adulthood,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Post sexual abuse trauma in Lasting effects of child sexual abuse|last=Briere & Runtz|year=1988|pages=85–99}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The secret trauma: incest in the lives of girls and women|last=Russell|publisher=Basic Books|year=1986}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> prostitution in later life,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bagley & Young|date=1987|title=Juvenile prostitution and child sexual abuse: a controlled study|journal=Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health|volume=6 |issue=1|pages=5–26|doi=10.7870/cjcmh-1987-0001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Male and female adolescent prostitutes|last=Harlan, Rogers, & Slattery|publisher=US Department of Human Services|year=1981|location=Washington, DC}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> difficulty in developing and sustaining intimate relationships,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Child abuse trauma|last=Briere|publisher=Sage|year=1992}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Healing the incest wound: adult survivors in therapy|last=Courtois|publisher=W.W. Norton & Co.|year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Finkelhor, Hotaling, Lewis, & Smith|date=1989|title=Sexual abuse and its relationship to later sexual satisfaction, marital status, religion, and attitudes|journal=Journal of Interpersonal Violence|volume=4|issue=4|pages=279–399|doi=10.1177/088626089004004001|s2cid=144307047}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> trouble negotiating boundaries, sexual issues, and interdependency in relationships,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Caffaro|date=2011|title=Introduction to the special issue: siblings and groups|journal=Groups|volume=35 |issue=4|pages=273–277}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> shame, fear, humiliation, anger, and guilt,<ref name=":18" /><ref name=":20" /> severe psychiatric disorders such as dissociative coping and complex post traumatic stress disorder,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Briere, Scott, & Weathers|date=2005|title=Peritraumatic and persistent dissociation in the presumed etiology of PTSD|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/0242142b26b5ff767361c3237a1c97a75325a148|journal=American Journal of Psychiatry|volume=162|issue=12|pages=2295–2301|doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.162.12.2295|pmid=16330593|s2cid=23774042}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Assessment of attachment and abuse history and adult attachment style in Treating complex traumatic stress disorders, an evidence-based guide|last=Brown (Courtois & Ford Eds.)|publisher=Guilford Press|year=2009|pages=124–126}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite journal|last=Putnam|date=2003|title=Ten-year research update review: child sexual abuse|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/754a984815c7fab512e651fc6c5d6aa4864f559e|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry|volume=42 |issue=3|pages=269–278|doi=10.1097/00004583-200303000-00006|pmid=12595779|s2cid=17567105}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> a wide variety of health and mental health issues,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Felitti, Anda, Nordenberg, Williamson, Spitz, Edwards, & Marks|date=1998|title=The relationship of adult health status to childhood abuse and household dysfunction|journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine|volume=14 |issue=4|pages=245–258|doi=10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00017-8|pmid=9635069|s2cid=26055600 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Havig|date=2008|title=The health care experiences of adult survivors of child sexual abuse: a systematic review of the literature|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/ac8e379e972c72a0ffa08d468ce228306dd7c063|journal=Trauma, Violence, and Abuse|volume=9 |issue=1|pages=19–33|doi=10.1177/1524838007309805|pmid=18182629|s2cid=206737528}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Leeners, Stiller, Block, Torres, Imthurn, & Rath|date=2009|title=Consequences of childhood sexual abuse experiences on dental care|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=62 |issue=5|pages=581–588|doi=10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.11.009|pmid=17467413}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Monahan & Forgash|date=2000|title=Enhancing the health care experiences of adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse|journal=Women and Health|volume=30 |issue=4|pages=27–41|pmid=10983608|doi=10.1300/J013v30n04_03|s2cid=20871745}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sickel, Noll, Moore, Putnam, & Trickett|date=2002|title=The long-term physical health and healthcare utilization of women who were sexually abused as children|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|volume=7 |issue=5|pages=583–597|doi=10.1177/1359105302007005677|pmid=22113143|s2cid=45359881}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stalker, Russell, Teram, & Schachter|date=2005|title=Providing dental care to survivors of childhood sexual abuse: treatment considerations for the practitioner|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/76b2f0d50da28e9270f550f54938c36d0b972c54|journal=Journal of the American Dental Association|volume=136 |issue=9|pages=1277–1281|doi=10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0344|pmid=16196233|s2cid=12025173}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> significant problems with affect regulation, impulse control, somatization, sense of self, cognitive distortions, and problems with socialization,<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":20" /> and higher risk of pregnancy than father-daughter incest.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carlson, Maciol, & Schneider|date=2006|title=Sibling incest: reports from forty-one survivors|journal=Journal of Child Sexual Abuse |volume=15 |issue=4|pages=19–34|doi=10.1300/j070v15n04_02|pmid=17200052|s2cid=20799279}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tidefores, Arvidsson, Ingevaldson, & Larsson|date=2010|title=Sibling incest: a literature review and a clinical study|journal=Journal of Sexual Aggression|volume=16 |issue=3|pages=347–360|doi=10.1080/13552600903511667|s2cid=144784419}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tremblay, Hébert, & Piché|date=1999|title=Coping strategies and social support as mediators of consequences in child sexual abuse victims|journal=Child Abuse & Neglect|volume=23 |issue=9|pages=929–945|doi=10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00056-3|pmid=10505906}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Welfare|date=2008|title=How qualitative research can inform clinical interventions in families recovering from sibling sexual abuse|journal=Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy|volume=29 |issue=3|pages=139–147|doi=10.1375/anft.29.3.139}}</ref><ref name=":20" />
 
Potential effects of sibling violence include severe symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression, including sleeplessness, suicidal ideation, and fear of the dark,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Finkelhor, Turner, & Ormrod|date=2006|title=Kid's stuff: the nature and impact of peer and sibling violence|journal=Child Abuse & Neglect|volume=30 |issue=12|pages=1401–1421|doi=10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.06.006|pmid=17118448}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> loneliness and psychological difficulties,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Duncan, Duncan, & Hops|date=1996|title=The role of parents and older siblings in predicting adolescent substance use: modeling development via structural equation latent growth methodology|journal=Journal of Family Psychology|volume=10 |issue=2|pages=158–172|doi=10.1037/0893-3200.10.2.158}}</ref><ref name=":20" /> and aggression and delinquency.<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":20" />
 
== Prevention ==
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Jonathan Caspi identified several prevention methods for children and families, educators and practitioners, researchers, and the culture at large in ''Sibling Aggression: Assessment and Treatment'' (2012).<ref name=":17">{{Cite book|title=Sibling Aggression: Assessment and Treatment|last=Caspi|first=Jonathan|publisher=Springer Publishing Company|year=2012|pages=213–217}}</ref> For children and families, pro-social skill development to increase social-emotional competencies with siblings<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kennedy & Kramer|date=2008|title=Improving emotion regulation and sibling relationship quality: The More Fun with Sisters and Brothers Program|journal=Family Relations|volume=57|issue=5|pages=568–579|doi=10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00523.x|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kramer & Radey|date=1997|title=Improving sibling relationships among young children: a social skills training model|journal=Family Relations|volume=46|issue=3|pages=237–246|doi=10.2307/585121|jstor=585121}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tiedemann & Johnston|date=1992|title=Evaluation of a parent training program to promote sharing between young siblings|journal=Behavior Therapy|volume=23|issue=2|pages=299–318|doi=10.1016/S0005-7894(05)80387-9}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> and parental training can be used to prevent sibling abuse.<ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Youth violence: a report of the Surgeon General|last=U.S. Surgeon General|publisher=Department of Health and Human Services|year=2001|location=Washington, DC}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> can be used to prevent sibling abuse. For educators and practitioners, addressing [[sibling relationshipsrelationship]]s in the curriculum can help prevent sibling abuse.<ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Sibling development: implications for mental health practitioners|last=Caspi (Ed.)|publisher=Springer Publishing|year=2011|location=New York}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> can help prevent sibling abuse. For researchers, giving attention to sibling relationships<ref name=":17" /> and developing prevention programs in collaboration with practitioners<ref name=":17" /> may create potential prevention methods for sibling abuse. For the culture at large, Caspi proposes not accepting sibling aggression as normal,<ref name=":17" /> public awareness and educational campaigns,<ref name=":17" /> and making sibling aggression visible.<ref name=":17" />
 
== Treatment ==
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John V. Caffaro outlines clinical best practices for treatment of sibling abuse in ''Sibling Abuse Trauma: Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children, Families, and Adults'' (2014).<ref name=":23">{{Cite book|title=Sibling Abuse Trauma: Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children, Families, and Adults|last=Caffaro|first=John|year=2014|pages=164–194}}</ref> They include “extra"extra precautions to ensure the victim's safety, such as locks on doors, increased adult supervision, and cooperation of parents, extended family members, and the community”community", “individual"individual treatment for the victim and the offender, often with different clinicians possessing expertise in child abuse trauma”trauma", and “no"no conjoint sibling or family meetings with the offender until he or she has accepted full responsibility for the abuse and until the therapist is satisfied that the family can and will protect the victim from further abuse”abuse".<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |last=Caffaro |first=John |title=Sibling Abuse Trauma: Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children, Families, and Adults |year=2014 |pages=164–194}}</ref>
 
== Media portrayals ==
An important plot point within the traditional [[fairy tale]] of [[Cinderella]] is the [[eponymous]] main character's cruel treatment at the hands of her stepsisters with their mother's implicit approval.
 
The 1991 made-for-TV movie ''My Son, Johnny'' is a rare fictionalized portrayal of sibling abuse.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102495/ IMDB page]</ref> The film stars [[Corin Nemec]] as a teenager victimized by his older brother, played by [[Rick Schroder]]. The film was inspired by the real-life case of Philadelphia fifteen-year-old Michael Lombardo, tried and acquitted for the 1985 killing of his nineteen-year-old brother, Francis "Frankie" Lombardo, who had battered and abused him for years.<!--plot summary & further info on IMBD page--> Not depicted in the film, Michael Lombardo committed suicide in 1989 by drug overdose, following a bank robbery in Lansford, PA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-07-17-2707746-story.html|title = Fbi Seeks Partner of Dead Robbery Suspect}}</ref>
 
British soap opera, ''[[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]'', ran a controversial storyline in 1996, featuring incest between siblings [[List of Brookside characters|Nat and Georgia Simpson]] that resulted in a pregnancy, which was followed by an [[Abortion in the U.K.|abortion]]. The sympathetic portrayal of the situation attracted criticism from journalist [[Peter Hitchens]] in his book ''[[The Abolition of Britain]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitchens|first=Peter|title=The Abolition of Britain |publisher=Quartet Books (1 April 2000)|year=2000|isbn=978-0-7043-8140-7}} {{page needed|date=December 2021}}</ref>
 
== Notable examples ==
[[Cheyenne Brando]], the daughter of the legendary actor [[Marlon Brando]], confessed that her brother [[Christian Brando|Christian]] seemed to be in love with her, and that he was jealous of her boyfriend [[Dag Drollet]]; that is why Christian killed him in 1990, according to Cheyenne. Christian stated during his trial that Cheyenne told him that Dag was abusive to her, and that he wanted to protect her, and that he never meant to kill Dag; it was a "terrible accident". Christian was sentenced to ten years in jail in 1991, and Cheyenne committed [[suicide]] in 1995. Cheyenne was abusive toward her two sisters, Maimiti and Raiatua, as well as towards [[Marlon Brando]] and Tarita, her parents, particularly her mother. [[Tarita Teriipaia]] wrote a book in 2005, which revealed Cheyenne terrorized her own family, as a result of her suffering from [[schizophrenia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilcinema.canalblog.com/archives/2012/11/30/25703882.html|title=1990-2004: "Brando's Affair", Family drama and Death of Marlon. Part 1|date=2013-02-20|access-date=2013-05-26|archive-date=2013-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607031446/http://ilcinema.canalblog.com/archives/2012/11/30/25703882.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The French serial killer [[Guy Georges]] physically abused his adoptive elder sisters when he was 14, nearly killing them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grands.criminels.free.fr/guygeorges.html|title=Guy Georges}}</ref>
 
The French serial killer [[Guy Georges]] physically abused his [[Adoption|adoptive]] elder sisters when he was 14, nearly killing them.<ref>{{citeCite web|url=http://grands.criminels.free.fr/guygeorges.html|title=Guy Georgesguy_georges|website=grands.criminels.free.fr|access-date=2013-05-25|archive-date=2013-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517113907/http://grands.criminels.free.fr/guygeorges.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2013, the Australian actor [[Hugh Jackman]] opened up about the physical and verbal abuse by his older brother. He said the abuse helped his acting in ''[[Wolverine (film)|Wolverine]],'' and that when his brother apologized, Jackman felt released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hughjackmanteam.com/publ/hugh_jackman_interviews/hugh_jackman_quot_my_wife_and_my_kids_are_the_real_centre_of_my_world_quot/3-1-0-158|title=Hugh Jackman: "My wife and my kids are the real centre of my world"|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207054138/http://hughjackmanteam.com/publ/hugh_jackman_interviews/hugh_jackman_quot_my_wife_and_my_kids_are_the_real_centre_of_my_world_quot/3-1-0-158|archive-date=2012-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/hugh-jackman-fils-abandonne-et-frere-tyrannise-il-est-devenu-wolverine_a124634/1|title=Hugh Jackman : Fils abandonné et frère tyrannisé, il est devenu Wolverine !}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/06/hugh-jackman-interview-real-steel|title=Hugh Jackman: 'What are ya – a poof?'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2011-10-06|last1=Gilbey|first1=Ryan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/04/06/bullied-jackman-wanted-to-kill-brother-7392/#ixzz20IPvDuPH|title=Bullied Jackman wanted to 'kill' brother|date=2009-04-06}}</ref>
 
In 2013, the Australian actor [[Hugh Jackman]] opened up about the physical and verbal abuse by his older brother. He said the abuse helped his acting in ''[[Wolverine (film)|Wolverine]],'' and that when his brother apologized, Jackman felt released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hughjackmanteam.com/publ/hugh_jackman_interviews/hugh_jackman_quot_my_wife_and_my_kids_are_the_real_centre_of_my_world_quot/3-1-0-158|title=Hugh Jackman: "My wife and my kids are the real centre of my world"|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207054138/http://hughjackmanteam.com/publ/hugh_jackman_interviews/hugh_jackman_quot_my_wife_and_my_kids_are_the_real_centre_of_my_world_quot/3-1-0-158|archive-date=2012-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{citeCite web|url=httphttps://www.purepeople.com/article/hugh-jackman-fils-abandonne-et-frere-tyrannise-il-est-devenu-wolverine_a124634/1|title=Hugh Jackman : Fils abandonné et frère tyrannisé, il est devenu Wolverine !|website=www.purepeople.com|date=15 July 2013 |access-date=2023-03-22|archive-date=2023-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322193828/https://www.purepeople.com/article/hugh-jackman-fils-abandonne-et-frere-tyrannise-il-est-devenu-wolverine_a124634/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/06/hugh-jackman-interview-real-steel|title=Hugh Jackman: 'What are ya – a poof?'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2011-10-06|last1=Gilbey|first1=Ryan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/04/06/bullied-jackman-wanted-to-kill-brother-7392/#ixzz20IPvDuPH|title=Bullied Jackman wanted to 'kill' brother|date=2009-04-06|access-date=2013-08-06|archive-date=2015-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216103239/http://metro.co.uk/2009/04/06/bullied-jackman-wanted-to-kill-brother-7392/#ixzz20IPvDuPH|url-status=live}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Child-on-child sexual abuse]]
*[[Child sexual abuse]]
*[[Siblicide]]
*[[Sibling relationship]]
 
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External Linkslinks==
* University of New Hampshire, Crimes Against Children Research Center, Sibling Aggression and Abuse Research and Advocacy Initiative (SAARA) [https://www.unh.edu/ccrc/sibling-aggression-abuse-research-advocacy-initiative-saara Sibling Aggression and Abuse Research and Advocacy Initiative (SAARA)]
 
==Further reading==
* Wiehe, Vernon R. ''What Parents Need to Know About Sibling Abuse: Breaking the Cycle of Violence '' (2002)
* Caffaro., J. & Conn-Caffaro, A. (1998). ''Sibling Abuse Trauma'', NY: Routledge.
* {{cite journal | last1 = Caffaro | first1 = J. | last2 = Conn-Caffaro | first2 = A. | year = 2005 | title = Treating Sibling Abuse Families | journal = Aggression and Violent Behavior | volume = 10 | issue = 5| pages = 604–623 | doi = 10.1016/j.avb.2004.12.001 }}
* Caffaro, J. (2013). ''Sibling abuse trauma''. 2nd Edition. NY: Routledge.
* Caspi, J. (2012). ''Sibling Aggression: Assessment and Treatment.'' NY: Springer Publishing
 
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