抄録
This study compared the parental roles of siblings in high functioning families with those in low functioning families. The study was conducted with students from universities A and B in the Tohoku region (N = 374; males = 239, females = 130, gender unknown = 5). The average age of the respondents was 19.72 (SD = 1.30). The results yielded two significant findings. First, for high functioning families, significant correlations were observed between role expectations of the participants and their siblings. Furthermore, marginally significant correlations were observed between participants’ self role expectations and siblings’ role behaviors. Second, for low functioning families, significant correlations were observed between participants’ self role expectations and behaviors, as well as between the siblings’ role expectations and behaviors. Significantly higher correlations were observed between participants’ self parental role expectations and behaviors for low functioning families compared to high functioning ones.
