Megan Holmes, professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, recently received an NICHD R01 to develop the first-of-its-kind, rigorously validated Sibling Prosocial Relationship Questionnaire (SPRQ).
The SPRQ will be an English and Spanish measure for children and caregivers that captures the quality of sibling relationships through a lens of prosocial interaction. By moving beyond simplistic measures of conflict or warmth, the SPRQ will embrace the complexity of sibling dynamics and identify key social processes that support child development. This innovative tool has the potential to advance research and clinical practice by generating actionable insights that can enhance social connection, emotional regulation and overall child well-being.
The study team includes Laura Voith, Kristen Berg and Adam Perzynski (Case Western Reserve University); Laurie Kramer (Northeastern University); Kristina Lovato (University of California, Berkeley); and Adam Carle (Children’s Hospital Medical Center).