Psychosocial Adjustment and Sibling Relationships in Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Risk and Protective Factors
- 07-04-2015
- Original Paper
Gepubliceerd in:
- Auteurs
- Katherine M. Walton
- Brooke R. Ingersoll
- Gepubliceerd in
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 9/2015
Abstract
This study compared sibling adjustment and relationships in siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD-Sibs; n = 69) and siblings of children with typical development (TD-Sibs; n = 93). ASD-Sibs and TD-Sibs demonstrated similar emotional/behavioral adjustment. Older male ASD-Sibs were at increased risk for difficulties. Sibling relationships of ASD-Sibs involved less aggression, less involvement, and more avoidance than those of TD-Sibs. Partial support for a diathesis–stress conceptualization of sibling difficulties was found for ASD-Sibs. For TD-Sibs, broader autism phenotype (BAP) was related to psychosocial difficulties regardless of family stressors. For ASD-Sibs, BAP was related to difficulties only when family stressors were present. This suggests that having a sibling with ASD may be a protective factor that attenuates the negative impact of sibling BAP.
- Titel
- Psychosocial Adjustment and Sibling Relationships in Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Risk and Protective Factors
- Auteurs
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Katherine M. Walton
Brooke R. Ingersoll
- Publicatiedatum
- 07-04-2015
- Uitgeverij
- Springer US
- Gepubliceerd in
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2440-7
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