TABLE 5.

Descriptives of closeness and conflict Z-scores for different sibling encounters and sibling types.

Sibling encounters	Sibling type	Z-score closeness		Z-score conflict
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Occasionally	Full sibling	0.885	NaN	–0.708	NaN
	Maternal half sibling	0.152	0.303	–0.637	0.581
	Paternal half sibling	–1.10	0.922	–0.609	0.805
	Stepsibling	–1.65	0.550	–0.0356	1.18
Monthly	Full sibling	–0.0224	0.815	1.00	0.284
	Maternal half sibling	–0.963	0.979	–0.575	0.636
	Paternal half sibling	0.160	0.984	–0.789	0.593
	Stepsibling	–0.819	1.16	–0.139	0.566
Weekly	Full sibling	0.197	0.936	0.0999	0.647
	Maternal half sibling	0.0112	0.700	–0.902	0.481
	Paternal half sibling	–0.230	1.03	–0.118	1.04
	Stepsibling	–0.0695	0.521	–0.336	0.911
Lived together	Full sibling	0.205	0.907	0.460	1.01
	Maternal half sibling	0.111	0.992	–0.159	0.921
	Paternal half sibling	0.412	0.907	0.0881	0.989
	Stepsibling	–0.258	0.673	0.154	0.334