Introduction
1 The Role of Brothers and Sisters in Changing Times
Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch
Part 1 Continuity and Change in Sibling Relations
2 Brothers and Sisters Across the Life Course: Eleven Factors Shaping Relationship Quality in Adult Siblings
Antti O. Tanskanen and Mirkka Danielsbacka
3 Brothers and Sisters: A Social and Demographic Perspective
John Haskey
4 Brothers and Sisters: Themes in Myths, Legends and Histories from Europe and the
New World
Ann Buchanan
5 Siblings in Māori Myth, Culture and Present-Day Society
Judith Davey and Chris Cunningham
6 Brothers and Sisters, Husbands and Wives: Love, Power, and Being an In-law
Suad Joseph
Part 2 Sibling Relationships in Adolescence
7 Sibling Relationships in Adolescence Across Cultures: Predictors, Transitions, and Support
Avidan Milevsky
8 Sibling Support: The Reports of Israeli Adolescents in Residential Care
Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz
9 One Father, Many Mothers: Sibling Relationships in Polygamous Families
Alean Al-Krenawi
10 Sibling Relationships Across Families Created Through Assisted Reproduction
Vasanti Jadva
11 Brothers and Sisters in China: No Longer the One-Child Family
Bin Chen and Jo-Pei Tan
Part 3 Relationships in Adult Life
12 Adult Sibling Relationships in the United States: Mostly Close, Occasionally Contentious, our study in terms of what tion, lings, the clinical work. som. xperiences with respect to adult clients bringin and Caring for Aging Parents
Michael Woolley and Geoffrey Greif
13 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Siblings
Dawn M. Szymanski and Angela N. Hilton
14 Sibling Support in Transnational Families: The Impact of Migration and Mobility on Sibling Relationships of Support over Time and Distance
Loretta Baldassar and Rosa Brandhorst
15 Social Support When a Sibling has a Disability
John Kramer, Ariella Meltzer & Kate Strohm
16 Sibling Relationships Across Generations in Rwanda: Continuity and Change Through Conflict and Development
Kirsten Pontalti
17 Brothers Who Kill: Murders of Sisters for the Sake of Family Honour in Pakistan
Sadiq Bhanbhro
Part 4