A descriptive study on the rivalry between stepsiblings

• Main Authors: Icasas, Pauline V., Palmones, Ma. Morella R., Siy, Ryan Anthony L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Sibling rivalry; Jealousy in children; Emotions in children; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8867
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study attempted to identify the perceived psychological, economic, and social effects of stepsibling on selected young adults within Metro Manila and the mechanisms they adapt for coping with these changes. Furthermore, the study also intended to address the perceived effects of gender, parental treatment, changes in ordinal position, sharing of property on stepsibling as well as how these individuals cope in such a situation. The descriptive research design was used as to allow the observation and description of the stepsibling rivalry aspect. Population understudy came from the Metro Manila area, and involved thirty-three (33) stepsiblings within the age bracket of sixteen (16) to twenty-five (25), must have at least one stepsibling, and must have resided with the stepfamily. The non-probability snowball sampling method was utilized in order to gain referrals as to possible subjects. This study involved three phases - a preliminary interview, survey questionnaire, and the in-depth interview. The three subjects who had undergone preliminary interview served as the basis for the questionnaire and the in-depth interview guide. Thirty individuals (30) were surveyed, and the first ten (10) who committed themselves to an interview underwent the last phase, the in-depth interview. The respondents and interviewees who experienced stepsibling rivalry indicated that gender and the changes in birth position did not have a significant effect on the rivalry, while factors such as parental treatment, birth of a new sibling, and sharing of property did. There were significant perceived psychological effects, and perceived social factors. Perceived economic effects, on the other hand, were not evident. Results from the interviewees who did not experience stepsibling rivalry indicated that unequal parental treatment was the biggest possible contributing factor to the rivalry.