Abstract
This study examines the effect of the sibling structures of number and spacing sex composition and birth order on adolescents perceptions of the power and support dimensions of parental behavior. These sibling structures are conceptualized as dimensions on a hypothetical sibling time line including number of siblings and the way in which they are arranged in time i.e. the spacing and birth order. Data were obtained from a secondary analysis of a national sample of over 1700 adolescent males [in the United States]. It is found that research focusing on birth order as an explanatory variable must control for number of siblings spacing and sex composition of siblings; studies examining family size must control for sibling spacing birth order and sex composition. In addition a curvilinear relationship was found between perceived parent behaviors and wider spacing between siblings. The best spacings are the widest (five years) and the narrowest (one year or less) with spacings of two and three years being the most negative. (EXCERPT)
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