Sibling Rivalry and Psychological Well-Being in Early Adulthood

Livia Umar, Setiawati Intan Savitri

Abstract


Many cases of sibling fights, including crimes, are committed by young adults who are considered independent and responsible and have good psychological well-being. These cases are caused by parental injustice. Parenting patterns that create sibling rivalry. This study aims to determine whether there is a significant relationship between sibling rivalry and psychological well-being in early adults in Jakarta. The research method used is quantitative with the criteria for male or female respondents, aged 18-29 years, having at least one sibling and domiciled in Jakarta. The sibling rivalry variable uses the ASRQ Rivalry Subscale by Stocker 1997 and the psychological well-being variable uses the SPWB by Ryff & Keyes adapted by Fadhil 2021. The 114 respondent data were analyzed using SPSS and Spearman's rho correlation test. The results showed no significant relationship between sibling rivalry and psychological well-being in early adults in Jakarta (sig. 0.470 > 0.05). This means that higher levels of sibling rivalry do not necessarily increase or decrease psychological well-being, and vice versa. However, in the correlation matrix, sibling rivalry correlated positively with the Positive Relations with Others dimension (r = 0.214*, p = 0.022) and negatively with the Personal Growth dimension (r = -0.197*, p = 0.036)

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Sibling Rivalry, Psychological Well-Being, Early Adulthood

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