More siblings can cause a decline in mental health in adolescence

A new study by researchers shows that the presence of more siblings in the family can cause a decline in mental health in teenagers. Several factors such as the social and financial status of the family are also effective in weakening mental health.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, a recent study conducted on a number of Japanese, Chinese and American teenagers shows that teenagers from large families have lower mental health.

Ohio University researchers conducted their study on 9,417 Chinese and 9,191 American teenagers. This research showed that adolescents from low-population families had better mental health than adolescents from large-population families. In this study, the concept of resource dilution was discussed. This concept refers to the availability of financial resources and the attention and time of parents. As the number of children increases, these resources will decrease.

In this research, adolescents with a sibling or without siblings had better mental health. One of the researchers of this research says about this study: If the resources related to parents are considered like a cake, the only child can get it all. While each additional sibling can receive resources and attention, and each child's share of resources will be less.