A study on sibling relationship during late adulthood
Journal Title: Asian Journal of Home Science - Year 2017, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
Sibling relationship during late adulthood was studied on subjects belonging to middle income group residing in Udaipur city. The data was collected from 180 respondents comprising of three dyads i.e. sister- sister dyad, brother-brother dyad and brother-sister dyad within the age range of 60-75 years. Thirty pairs of each dyad were selected. The results revealed that amongst all the three dyads sister-sister dyad was the strongest, brother-sister dyad and brother-brother dyad maintained a moderate relationship. Majority of the dyads were found to maintain congenial type of relationship. Hence, it is concluded that the relationship amongst various dyads is reasonably good during this phase of life.
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SHREYA MEHTA, RENU DHAKAR
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- DOI 10.15740/HAS/AJHS/12.1/81-85
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