The Quality of Sibling Relationships and their Association with Social-Emotional Competence among Adolescents in Public Schools in Amman

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the level of dimensions of social-emotional competence, Sibling relationship qualities, and to examine the correlation between social- emotional competence and sibling relationship qualities. The study sample consisted of (715) male and female students from the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades, who were selected by a stratified random method. The descriptive correlational methodology was used. Two questionnaires were used: The Sibling Relationship Questionnaire and the Social-Emotional Competencies Questionnaire. The results revealed that the dimension of warmth/closeness was moderately present and the most dominant among the sibling relationship dimensions, while the conflict dimension was low in prevalence. Furthermore, the findings indicated that participants demonstrated a high level of social-emotional competence, particularly in the dimensions of self-management, social awareness, and self-awareness, whereas the decision-making dimension scored at a moderate level. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the warmth/closeness dimension and all dimensions of social-emotional competence. However, the conflict dimension showed no significant correlations with most dimensions of social-emotional competence, except for a significant negative correlation with decision-making.