Jonathan Caspi - Sibling Development: Implications for Mental Health Practitioners

Sibling Development:

Implications for Mental

Health Practitioners

Jonathan Caspi, PhD, LCSW , is an associate professor of Department of Family and Child Studies at Montclair State University. His areas of scholarship include sibling process, sibling aggression and intervention development, clinical supervision in social work, and coaching. Dr. Caspi teaches sibling relationships, child development, interpersonal relationships, and family counseling courses to graduate and undergraduate students. He is also an experienced family therapist and parent consultant. Dr. Caspi maintains a small private practice that includes family counseling, clinical social work supervision, and parent consultation services.

Sibling Development:

Implications for Mental

Health Practitioners

Jonathan Caspi, PhD, LCSW

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Sibling development : implications for mental health practitioners / Jonathan Caspi, editor.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8261-1752-6 (softcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8261-1753-3 (e-book)

1. Brothers and sisters. 2. Developmental psychology. I. Caspi, Jonathan.

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To Ezra, Nathaniel, and Neve, truly wonderful and loving siblings;

and to Jennifer, a superbly artful, skillful, and adoring mother of siblings

Contents

Contributors

Preface

PART I: OVERVIEWS

Sibling Influence in Human Development

Shawn D. Whiteman , Julia M. Becerra Bernard , and Alexander C. Jensen

Siblings in Practice

Robert M. Sanders

Supportive Sibling Relationships

Laurie Kramer

Practice With Siblings in a Cultural Context

Marlene F. Watson and Monica McGoldrick

PART II: CULTURE, ENVIRONMENTS, AND ISSUES

Cultural Variations in Sibling Relationships

Kimberly A. Updegraff , Susan M. McHale , Sarah E. Killoren , and Sue Annie Rodrguez

Siblings as Cultural Educators and Socializing Agents

Jennifer F. Reynolds , Lisa M. Dorner , and Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Siblings

Esther D. Rothblum

A Sideways Look at Gender and Sibling Relationships

Rosalind Edwards and Susie Weller

Siblings of Individuals With Disabilities

Jennifer Goeke and Kristen D. Ritchey

Siblings in Families With Mental Illness

Ellen Lukens and Helle Thorning

Sibling Involvement in Substance Misuse and Abuse

Audrey L. Begun and Lisa K. Berger

Sibling Violence and Systems-Oriented Therapy

John Caffaro

Sibling Relationships in Divorcing Families

Marion F. Ehrenberg and Rotem Regev

Sibling Relationships in Transracial Adoptive Families

Amanda L. Baden and John W. Raible

Sibling Relationships and Out-of-Home Care

Audrey L. Begun and Joshua P. Mersky

Only Children

Adriean Mancillas

Adolescence, Sibling Death, and Bereavement

David E. Balk

PART III: FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Future Directions for Sibling Research, Practice, and Theory

Jonathan Caspi

Contributors

Amanda L. Baden, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Counseling and Educational Leadership, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

David E. Balk, PhD Professor; Director of Graduate Studies in Thanatology, Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

Audrey L. Begun, MSW, PhD Associate Professor, College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Lisa K. Berger, MSW, PhD Assistant Professor, Social Work Department and the Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of WisconsinMilwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Julia M. Becerra Bernard, MS, CFLE, LMFTA Doctoral Candidate; Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

John Caffaro, PhD Distinguished Professor, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, CA

Lisa M. Dorner, PhD Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Research, and Evaluation, College of Education, University of MissouriSt. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Rosalind Edwards, PhD Professor, Social Policy; Head, Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, London South Bank University, London, England

Marion F. Ehrenberg, PhD Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jennifer Goeke, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

Alexander C. Jensen, BS Doctoral Candidate, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Sarah E. Killoren, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Laurie Kramer, PhD Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Human and Community Development, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Ellen Lukens, PhD, MSW Sylvia D. & Mose J. Firestone Centennial Associate Professor of Clinical Social Work, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY