@article{ref1,
title="Sibling Conflict Resolution Skills: Assessment and Training",
journal="Journal of child and family studies",
year="2009",
author="Thomas, Brett and Roberts, Mark",
volume="18",
number="4",
pages="447-453",
abstract="Sibling conflict can rise to the level of a clinical problem. In Phase 1 a lengthy behavioral role-play analog sampling child reactions to normal sibling conflicts was successfully shortened. In Phase 2 normal children who lacked sibling conflict resolution skills were randomly assigned to a Training or Measurement Only condition. Training consisted of five clinic sessions focusing on verbal reasoning, assertiveness, and acceptance skills. Trained children outperformed Measurement Only children on the shortened role-play test. Parents of trained children, but not untrained children, perceived improved social competence in the home. The project provides an empirical foundation for future research with aggressive siblings.<p />",
language="",
issn="1062-1024",
doi="10.1007/s10826-008-9248-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-008-9248-4"
}