Analysis on the Role of Emotional Communication in the Relationship of Siblings With an Age Gap from Two-Child Families

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10.2991/assehr.k.200826.091How to use a DOI?

Keywords

sibling relationship, two children family, emotional function

Abstract

China’s unique one-child policy and two-child policy have objectively given birth to a large number of two-child families, in which the two children have an age gap. The superimposed changes of parent-child relationship and sibling relationship faced by such families have aroused the attention and extensive discussion on the emotional function of families. Questionnaire survey was conducted on parent-child relationship and relationship of siblings with an age gap from 5 to 28 years old from the two-child families. The results show that the emotional communication has a significant influence on the relationships mentioned above compared with other family functions. Meanwhile, the data show that the decisive effect of parent-child relationship on sibling relationship in ordinary multi-children families is not applicable in two-child families. Finally, this paper demonstrates the importance of emotional communication in two-child families. In addition, suggestions are given from the perspectives of enhancing the sense of participation in the decision-making of the first child, changing the role of parents and cultivating the dependence of the younger child on the older child.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoyu Sun
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - Analysis on the Role of Emotional Communication in the Relationship of Siblings With an Age Gap from Two-Child Families
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 459
EP  - 463
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.091
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200826.091
ID  - Sun2020
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