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01-02-2010 | Original Article

High Risk Behaviors Among Victims of Sibling Violence

Authors: Deeanna M. Button, Roberta Gealt

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 2/2010

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Despite the fact that sibling abuse has been documented as the most common form of intrafamilial abuse, it has been largely overlooked. Using data from the 2007 Delaware Secondary School Student Survey (N = 8,122), this paper focuses on four objectives: to estimate prevalence of sibling abuse, examine the relationship between sibling violence and high risk behaviors such as substance use, delinquency and aggression, explore the interplay of sibling abuse and other forms of family violence in predicting high risk behaviors, and test theory. Results suggest that sibling violence occurs more frequently than other forms of child abuse. Results also confirm that sibling violence is significantly related to substance use, delinquency, and aggression. These effects remain significant after controlling for other forms of family violence. The data suggest support for feminist theory and social learning theory.

Analyses were conducted by grade level are not reported. Grade level indicates respondents’ age. Results for grade level are consistent with results for age level.

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Title: High Risk Behaviors Among Victims of Sibling Violence
Authors: Deeanna M. Button
Roberta Gealt
Publication date: 01-02-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-009-9276-x

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