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This chapter summarizes an exploratory study of relationships between adult siblings in one large family. The study used a hermeneutic approach (Glaser, 1978; Glaser & Strauss, 1967; Strauss, 1987) in an attempt to determine how adult siblings perceived and interpreted their relationships within a family context. This exploratory approach allows insights, hypotheses, and tentative conclusions about family functioning to emerge; they can be tested more rigorously in further studies employing larger samples of smaller families more typical of present and future generations.
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Cicirelli, V.G. (1995). Understanding Sibling Relationships: A Hermeneutic Approach. In: Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6509-0_7
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