Objective To understand the current status of sibling relationships among preschool children,analyze its im-pact on emotional and behavioral problems,so as to provide references for the early development of children's mental health.Methods Using the method of stratified cluster sampling,1 448 children aged 3-6 years old were selected from 11 kindergartens and families with multiple children in three districts and one county of Tongling City from April to June 2022.The early childhood sibling's quality questionnaire(parent version)and the strengths and difficulties questionnaire(SDQ,parent version)were completed by the children's guardians.Results The average sibling warmth score was 3.725±0.658,the average sibling conflict score was 3.453±0.675,and the average sibling jealousy score was 3.770±0.796.The biggest child of multi-child families and children with an age difference of less than 5 years were more prone to occur sibling conflict and sibling jealousy.Logistic regression analysis showed that children in the sibling warmth low score group(OR=2.015,95％CI:1.263-3.885),sibling conflict middle score group(OR=0.424,95％CI:0.258-0.697)and sibling jealousy low score group(OR=0.387,95％CI:0.197-0.760)were prone to emotional and behav-ioral problems(P＜0.05).Conclusion The sibling relationships among preschool children in Tongling are good,and sibling relationships have an impact on the occurrence of emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children.Early intervention is necessary.
Preschool childrenSibling relationshipEmotional and behavioral issues
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