First Advisor

Ericka Kimball

Date of Award

Spring 6-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology and University Honors

Department

Psychology

Language

English

Subjects

parent-child relationship, attachment theory, family system, separation, sibling, resilience, adverse childhood experiences

DOI

10.15760/honors.1717

Abstract

Parent-child separation is a growing global issue that impacts millions of families. Although there is research on how an individual child might be impacted by separation from their parents, less is known about siblings. The importance of understanding the individual first and looking at attachment theory and resilience, its role it plays. The study serves to investigate the traumatic events of parent separation through loss whether death, divorce or immigration and seeing the gaps of literature when talking about these topics. This data relies on different literature and different research that shows how a traumatizing event can impact a child's life and their siblings. Findings indicated that there are some cases where siblings can have different impacts in their life but it is very limited. The different outcomes within siblings are seen by the peer relationships they create and genetics but there is not a lot of research out there.

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43824

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