Sibling Abuse: Definition, Causes and Differences between Sibling Relationship with Sibling Abuse

Abstract

Although there is a common opinion in society that the family environment is a safe place, sometimes it can become an environment where violence and abuse occurred. When the literature is reviewed, although studies have been made about domestic abuse, sibling abuse had remained behind other studies which related the other domestic abuse. Sibling abuse are mentioned in this article. The purpose of this article is to definition sibling abuse, the factors that cause sibling abuse and is intented to increase awareness on the subject referring to the difference between the sibling relationship with the sibling abuse.

Keywords

• sibling abuse
• sibling relationship.