Family size and conflict between school age children

The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of parents and children regarding the conflict that exists between children. The present study involved 125 families with two or three children (125 parents and 125 children - one parent and one child from each family participated). The age of the parents ranged from 36 to 41 (Mage = 38 years) and the children were 11 years old, attending the 5th grade of Primary School. 71 (57%) were first-born, while 58 (46%) were boys. Regarding the level of education of the parents, 45 mothers (36%) and 42 fathers (33%) had university education, while 80 mothers (64%) and 83 fathers (67%) were secondary school graduates.The Sibling Relationship Questionnaire was used (SRQ, Furman and Buhrmester, 1985). According to the findings of this research, there is no statistically significant difference between families of four and five in terms of perception of the conflict that exists between children.