Sociology Sibling Rivalry Issue 2022

SOCIOLOGY

Introduction
Sibling Rivalry is one of the serious and an intense issue of the society which needs to be
resolved through working on the social aspects. Sibling Rivalry could be resolved through the
clear and simple steps taken by the parents and this is the main objective of the research
(Packard, 2017). The research aims at the exploration of the solution for resolving the
sibling’s rivalry issue. The issue would be represented through the sociological approach and
through the two most vita theories of sociology that is the functionalist theory and the
Conflict Theory. The two theories would be utilised for explaining and presenting the cause
of the issue and thus, the solution could be achieved through acknowledging the cause. This
would be followed by the research methodology which would include the sampling of the
interview which is to be conducted on the victims of the sibling rivalry. The sampling,
research design, analysis tool data collection method all would be stated in clear terms.
Sociological Theories: Analysing the Social Structural Factors Account for Variations
in Social Phenomenon
As per Schmitter & Lefkofridi (2016), the social life of people gets impacted by the
surroundings and the people with whom they live with. Rivalry is the outcome of competition
and this has been valid in all perspectives, so is in the social life. In the case of sibling rivalry,
the competition or the comparison that the parents do impacts the children and thus, this pops
up into a rivalry, gradually. As stated by Van & Gaus (2018), in the theory of Conflict
proposed by Karl Marx, who claimed that society is in a state of perpetual conflict and will
always be because of competition for limited resources. On aligning the theory with the
sibling rivalry, the limited resource could be considered to be the affection and love of the
parents. The children become aggressive and violent through being avoided or neglected by
the parents in contrast to their siblings and thus, rivalry emerges up. It could also be stated in
a different manner that the over comparison of the siblings builds up intensified competition
among them and thus rivalry takes place. Class has nothing to do with the sibling’s rivalry,
every class witnesses it, as the cause of the issue is not the class but the human reactions.
Background and Culture plays a vital role in this aspect as the children belonging to the
culture where the competition is high, parents compete with their siblings, compare
themselves or executes any action which reveals jealousy impacts the children. The gender in
this modern world do not have much impact on the rivalry as girl and boy all are being
marked on the same platform.