TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing sibling relationships to prevent adolescent problem behaviors
T2 - Theory, design and feasibility of Siblings Are Special
AU - Feinberg, Mark E.
AU - Sakuma, Kari Lyn
AU - Hostetler, Michelle
AU - McHale, Susan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Karen Bierman, Kimberly Updegraff, Lew Bank, and Gene Brody for their collaboration and support in our initial conceptualization of a sibling-focused, universal preventive intervention; Stephen Erath and Kerry Weissman contributed to the initial intervention development and piloting. We also thank the families who participated in the study. Support for this work was provided by a grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse ( DA025035 ) and funding from Pennsylvania State University's Children, Youth, and Family Consortium .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2013/2/1
Y1 - 2013/2/1
N2 - Siblings play a significant but neglected role in family socialization dynamics, and focusing on the sibling relationship is a non-stigmatizing point of entry into the family for prevention programming. Siblings are Special (SAS) was designed as a universal program that targets both sibling relationship and parenting mediating processes in middle childhood to prevent behavior problems in adolescence. We describe the theoretical framework underlying SAS, the SAS curriculum, and the feasibility of the program based on a study of 128 middle-childhood aged sibling dyads. Data on the quality of program implementation, program fidelity, siblings' engagement, and ratings of impact indicated the SAS program was acceptable to families and schools, that the curriculum could be implemented with high fidelity, that siblings and parents participated at high levels and were highly engaged, and that, from the perspective of group leaders, school administrators and parents, the program had a positive impact on the siblings.
AB - Siblings play a significant but neglected role in family socialization dynamics, and focusing on the sibling relationship is a non-stigmatizing point of entry into the family for prevention programming. Siblings are Special (SAS) was designed as a universal program that targets both sibling relationship and parenting mediating processes in middle childhood to prevent behavior problems in adolescence. We describe the theoretical framework underlying SAS, the SAS curriculum, and the feasibility of the program based on a study of 128 middle-childhood aged sibling dyads. Data on the quality of program implementation, program fidelity, siblings' engagement, and ratings of impact indicated the SAS program was acceptable to families and schools, that the curriculum could be implemented with high fidelity, that siblings and parents participated at high levels and were highly engaged, and that, from the perspective of group leaders, school administrators and parents, the program had a positive impact on the siblings.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.08.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 23000632
AN - SCOPUS:84866270484
SN - 0149-7189
VL - 36
SP - 97
EP - 106
JO - Evaluation and Program Planning
JF - Evaluation and Program Planning
IS - 1
ER -
