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  • Title: [Sibling relations from the family therapy perspective--support, attachment, rivalry and envy].
    Author: Cierpka M.
    Journal: Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr; 2001; 50(6):440-53. PubMed ID: 11515394.
    Abstract:
    In family therapy, during the last years more and more importance is attached to the dynamics of the sibling subsystem. In the present paper differences between them as well as similarities are discussed from the point of view of family theory. Relevant dimensions like support, attachment, rivalry and envy between brothers and sisters contribute essentially to the family dynamics. In this clinically orientated paper, we describe by means of a case example how the couple's conflicts after their separation is unconsciously repeated in the sibling subsystem. It is shown how the intergenerational dynamics can be interrupted by the initiative of the children and the initiated family therapy.
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