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Age Spacing

Age Spacing is a construct in developmental psychology that denotes the absolute difference in age between two siblings, serving as a quantitative measure to examine how temporal proximity at birth influences sibling dynamics, resource allocation, and developmental outcomes within family systems.

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Sibling Age Spacing

Parents

Publications

18

Comparison of prevalence of depression in mothers of twins and mothers of singletons.

Karen Thorpe, Jean Golding, Ian MacGillivray et al. · BMJ · 1991 · 215 citations · Full text

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The Effects of Sibling Status on Sibling Interaction: Influence of Birth Order, Age Spacing, Sex of Child, and Sex of Sibling

Ann M. Minnett, Deborah Lowe Vandell, John W. Santrock · Child Development · 1983 · 119 citations

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The Effects of Sibling Status on Sibling Interaction: Influence of Birth Order, Age Spacing, Sex of Child, and Sex of Sibling

Ann M. Minnett, Deborah Lowe Vandell, John W. Santrock · Child Development · 1983 · 113 citations

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Siblings of disabled children: Birth order and age-spacing effects

Naomi Breslau · Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology · 1982 · 103 citations

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Sibling age spacing effects upon cognition.

B. G. Rosenberg, Brian Sutton‐Smith · Developmental Psychology · 1969 · 68 citations

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Authors

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  1. DL
    Deborah Lowe Vandell

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    2 publications · 232 citations

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  2. AM
    Ann M. Minnett

    The University of Texas at Dallas, United States

    2 publications · 232 citations

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  3. JW
    John W. Santrock

    The University of Texas at Dallas, United States

    2 publications · 232 citations

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  4. JW
    Joseph Workman

    University of Missouri–Kansas City, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. CK
    Claudia Karwath

    1 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

16

  1. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

  2. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  3. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    860 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    103 citations

  8. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    2 publications · 232 citations

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  2. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  3. Journal of Pediatric Psychology

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  4. North American journal of psychology

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. Psychological Reports

    1 publications · 13 citations

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