Siblings and Friends

What is the significance of sisters and brothers, and friends, in the lives of children and young people? Do such relationships change over time? This project tracked the lives of fifty children from mid-childhood to young adulthood to help answer these questions. It provided a valuable qualitative longitudinal dataset that documents the meanings, experiences and flows of children's prescribed (sibling) and chosen (friendship) relationships. Drawing on varied samples of children from three previous studies (2003-5), living in different UK localities, the project explored how such relationships connect to young people's sense of self as their individual and family biographies unfold. Follow up interviews were conducted in 2007 and 2009.

• Title: Siblings and Friends: The Changing Nature of Children's Lateral Relationships
• Data Creators: Rosalind Edwards, Susie Weller
• Dataset Publisher: University of Leeds, UK: Timescapes Archive
• Published Date: 2011
• Identifier: https://doi.org/10.23635/07

Dataset Citation

Edwards, R. and Weller, S. (2011) Siblings and Friends: The Changing Nature of Children's Lateral Relationships Dataset. University of Leeds, UK: Timescapes Archive. DOI: 10.23635/07

More details about this project can be found here: Siblings and Friends.

Siblings and Friends: Alannah. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Alisha. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Allie. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Anne. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: AshleyA. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: AshleyB. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Bethany. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Carl. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Chelsea_and_Emma. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Clare_and_Mark. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Cora. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: DJKizzel. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Daisy. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Dan. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: DanielA_and_Sapphire. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: DanielB. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Danielle. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Felix. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Holly. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Isobel_and_Florence. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Izzy. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Jasmin. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Jay. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: JazzyB. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Jim. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: JohnP. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Kate. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Kelly, Jessie and CPT Underpants. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Kiera. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: LadyLoud. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Lizzie. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Louise. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Malaky. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Maya. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Michael. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Misha. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Nas. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Nikki. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Rachel. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Richard. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Rooney. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Ryan. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Sam. [Case]

Siblings and Friends: Steven. [Case]