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Subject: Siblings Of Children With Autism


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Date Posted: 20:47:25 03/26/02 Tue
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Psychosocial Adjustment In Siblings Of Children With Autism.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui
ds=11902601&dopt=Abstract <- - address ends here.
Kaminsky L, Dewey D. University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

BACKGROUND: This study investigated psychosocial adjustment in
siblings of children with autism compared to siblings of children with
Down
syndrome and siblings of normally developing children. In addition, the
relationships between feelings of loneliness, social support and
psychosocial adjustment, and the influence of gender and family size on
psychological adjustment were examined.
METHODS: Ninety siblings (30 per group) between the ages of 8 and
18
and one parent of each child participated in this study. RESULTS:
Results
indicated that siblings of children with autism, as well as comparison
siblings, were well adjusted and reported low levels of loneliness.
Siblings
of children with autism also reported that they received high levels of
social support in their lives.
CONCLUSIONS: Large family size appears to facilitate healthy
adjustment in siblings of children with autism.
PMID: 11902601 [PubMed - in process]

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