Using family systems theory as a theoretical framework, we investigated direct and indirect associations between type of disability, caregiver burden, and sibling relationships with structural equation modeling. We recruited 172 families raising typically developing children or a child with a disability. Participants volunteered at meetings and workshops for families of children with disabiliti...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW A range of interacting factors/mechanisms at the individual, family, and wider systems levels influences siblings living in families where one sibling has autism. We introduce the Sibling Embedded Systems Framework which aims to contextualise siblings' experience and characterise the multiple and interacting factors influencing family and, in particular, sibling outcomes. RE...

Sibling rivalry merupakan suatu tindakan persaingan di antara saudara kandung. akan berkelanjutan sampai dewasa apabila tidak ditanggulangi secepatnya. Keberfungsian keluarga terdapat aspek yang bisa meminimalisir terjadinya sibling rivalry. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif, dengan wawancara dan observasi sebagai tehnik pengumpulan data. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan ...

The intensive health management activities associated with spina bifida (SB) often command a pervasive presence in the lives of families and may place some members at risk for psychosocial difficulties. However, research on the risk and protective factors associated with sibling adjustment is limited. Anchored upon a social-ecological theoretical framework, the purpose of this cross-sectional s...

OBJECTIVE The familial context plays an important role in psychosocial responses to genetic testing. The purpose of this study was to compare sibling pairs with different combinations of BRCA1/BRCA2 test results on measures of affect, interpersonal responses, and physiological reactions. DESIGN Forty-nine sibling dyads with different combinations of BRCA1/BRCA2 test results (i.e., mixed, posi...

Although dental caries experience clearly follows family line, information on sibling resemblance in the DMFT is surprisingly scarce. The most extensive sibling comparisons involve a limited number of boys and girls analyzed with respect to parental DMFT (RINGELBERG, MATONSKI, and KIMBALL, J Public Health Dent 34: 174180, 1974). In the present study, we have examined DMFT data from the Ten-Stat...