Parental Perceptions of Sibling Relationships in Families Rearing a Child With a Chronic Condition

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-43

  Nielsen, Krista Marie ^a   Mandleco, Barbara ^b   Roper, Susanne Olsen ^b   Cox, Amy ^b   Dyches, Tina ^b   Marshall, Elaine S ^c  

^a CGRMC Urgent Care (Casa Grande Regional Medical Center)   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Diabetes; Down syndrome; Families and children with chronic conditions; Orthopedic conditions; Sibling relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABLED CHILDREN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PARENTS; SIBLING RELATIONS;

EID: 84855314277     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Ballard K. Meeting the needs of siblings of children with cancer. Pediatric Nursing 2004, 30:394-401.
2. Barrera M. Brief clinical report: Procedural pain and anxiety management with mother and sibling as co-therapists. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2000, 25:117-121.
3. Barrera M., Chung J., Greenberg M. Preliminary investigations of a group intervention for siblings of paediatric cancer patients. Children's Health Care 2002, 31:131-142.
4. Batte S., Watson A., Amess K. The effects of chronic renal failure on siblings. Pediatric Nephrology 2006, 21:246-250.
5. Baumann S., Dyches T., Braddick M. Being a sibling. Nursing Science Quarterly 2005, 18:51-58.
6. Benderix Y., Sivberg B. Siblings' experiences of having a brother or sister with autism and mental retardation: A case study of 14 siblings from five families. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2007, 22:410-418.
7. Bender S. Anxiety and isolation in siblings of pediatric cancer patients: The need for prevention. Social Work in Health Care 1990, 14:17-35.
8. Berge J.M., Patterson J.M., Rueter M. Marital satisfaction and mental health of couples with children with chronic health conditions. Families, Systems, and Health 2006, 24:267-285.
9. Britton C., Moore A. Views from the inside, part 2: What the children with arthritis said, and the experience of siblings, mothers, fathers, and context. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 2002, 65:413-419.
10. Brody G.H. Sibling relationship quality: Its causes and consequences. Annual Review of Psychology 1998, 49:1-24.
11. Burke P., Montgomery S. Siblings of children with disabilities: A pilot study. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 2000, 4:227-236.
12. Craft-Rosenberg M. Commentary. Journal of Family Nursing 2003, 9:435-437.
13. Cuskelly M., Gunn P. Sibling relationships of children with Down syndrome: Perspectives of mothers, fathers, and siblings. American Journal on Mental Retardation 2003, 108:234-244.
14. Cuskelly M., Gunn P. Adjustment of children who have a sibling with Down syndrome: Perspectives of mothers, fathers, and children. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 2006, 50:917-925.
15. Disability Facts and Statistics. (2010). Accessed June 2, 2010 from http://www.disabled.
16. Dunn J. Siblings and socialization. Handbook of socialization: Theory and research 2007, 309-327. Guilford Press, New York. J.E. Grusec, P.D. Hastings (Eds.).
17. Fleitas J. When Jack fell down. .Jill came tumbling after: Siblings in the web of illness and disability. American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 2000, 25:267-273.
18. Freeman K., O'Dell C., Meola C. Issues in families of children with brain tumors. Oncology Nursing Forum 2000, 27:843-848.
19. Gault B.A., Sabini J. The roles of empathy, anger, and gender in predicting attitudes toward punitive, reparative, and preventative public policies. Cognition and Emotion 2000, 14:495-520.
20. Greenberg J.S., Seltzer M.M., Mailick M., Krauss W., Rita J.C., Hong J. The effect of quality of the relationship between mothers and adult children with schizophrenia, autism, or Down syndrome on maternal well-being: The mediating role of optimism. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 2004, 74:14-25.
21. Guralnick M.J., Hammond M.A., Connor R.T., Neville B. Stability, change, and correlates of the peer relationships of young children with mild developmental delays. Child Development 2006, 77:312-324.
22. Hannah M., Midlarsky E. Siblings of the handicapped: A literature review for school psychologists. School Psychology Review 1985, 14:510-520.
23. Hastings R.P., Kovshoff H., Ward N.J., Espinosa F.D., Brown T., Remington B. Systems analysis of stress and positive perceptions in mothers and fathers of pre-school children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2005, 35:635-644.
24. Hodapp R.M., Glidden L.M., Kaiser A.P. Siblings of persons with disabilities: Toward a research agenda. Mental Retardation 2005, 43:334-338.
25. Hodapp R.M., Urban R.C. Adult siblings of individuals with Down syndrome versus with autism: Findings from a large-scale US survey. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 2007, 51:1018-1029.
26. Hollidge C. Psychological adjustment of siblings to a child with diabetes. Health and Social Work 2001, 26:15-25.
27. Houtzager B., Oort F., Hoekstra-Weebers J., Caron H., Grootenhuis M., Last B. Coping and family functioning predict longitudinal psychological adaptation of siblings of childhood cancer patients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2004, 29:591-605.
28. Kaminsky L., Dewey D. Sibling relationships of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2001, 31:399-410.
29. Labay L.E., Walco G.A. Brief report: Empathy and psychological adjustment in siblings with cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2004, 29:309-314.
30. Lewin A.B., Storch E.A., Silverstein J.H., Baumeister A.L., Strawser M.S., Geffken G.R. Validation of the pediatric inventory for parents in mothers of children with type 1 diabetes: An examination of parenting stress, anxiety, and childhood psychopathology. Families, Systems, and Health 2005, 23:56-65.
31. Lobato D., Kao B., Plante W. Siblink: Meeting the needs of siblings of children with chronic illness and disability. Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter 2006, 22:1-6.
32. Macaskill A., Maltby J., Day L. Forgiveness of self and others and emotional empathy. The Journal of Social Psychology 2002, 142:663-665.
33. Madan-Swain A., Sexson S., Brown R., Ragab A. Family adaptation and coping among siblings of cancer patients, their brothers and sisters, and nonclinical controls. The American Journal of Family Therapy 1993, 1:60-69.
34. Mandleco B., Olsen S.F., Dyches T., Marshall E. The relationship between family and sibling functioning in families raising a child with a disability. Journal of Family Nursing 2003, 9:365-396.
35. Mikami A., Pfiffer L. Sibling relationships among children with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders 2008, 11:482-492.
36. Milevsky A. Compensatory patterns of sibling support in emerging adulthood: Variations in loneliness, self-esteem, depression and life satisfaction. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2005, 22:743-755.
37. Mulroy S., Robertson L., Aiberti H.L., Bower C. The impact of having a sibling with an intellectual disability: Parental perspectives in two disorders. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 2008, 52:216-229.
38. Packman W., Mazaheri M., Sporri L., Long J.K., Chesterman B., Fine J., et al. Projective drawings as measures of psychological functioning in siblings of pediatric cancer patients from the Camp Okizu study. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing 2008, 25:44-55.
39. Pastor, P., Reuben, C., & Loeb, M., (2009). Functional difficulties among school-aged children: United States, 2001-2007. National Health Statistics Report, 19. November 4, 2009. pp. 1-23.
40. Pilowsky T., Yirmiya N., Doppelt O., Gross-Tsur V., Shalev R.S. Social and emotional adjustment of siblings of children with autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2004, 45:855-865.
41. Pit-ten Cate I.M., Loots G.M.P. Experiences of siblings of children with physical disabilities: An empirical investigation. Disability and Rehabilitation 2000, 22:399-408.
42. Rampton T., Rosemann J., Latta A., Mandleco B., Dyches T., Olsen S. Images of life: Siblings of children with Down syndrome. Journal of Family Nursing 2007, 13:420-442.
43. Rivers J., Stoneman Z. Child temperaments, differential parenting, and the sibling relationships of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2008, 38:1740-1750.
44. Sari H.Y., Baser G., Turan J.M. Experiences of mothers of children with Down syndrome. Paediatric Nursing 2006, 18:29-32.
45. Schaefer E., Edgerton M. The sibling inventory of behavior 1981, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
46. Schieman S., Van Gundy K. The personal and social links between age and self-reported empathy. Social Psychology Quarterly 2000, 63:152-174.
47. Sharpe D., Rossiter L. Siblings of children with chronic illness: A meta analysis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2002, 27:699-710.
48. Silver E., Frohlinger-Graham M. Brief report: Psychological symptoms in healthy female siblings of adolescents with and without chronic conditions. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2000, 25:279-284.
49. Skotko B.G., Levine S.P. What the other children are thinking: Brothers and sisters of persons with Down syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C (Seminars in Medical Genetics) 2006, 142:180-186.
50. Stoneman Z. Supporting positive sibling relationships during childhood. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews 2001, 7:134-142.
51. Stoneman Z. Siblings of children with disabilities: Research themes. Mental Retardation 2005, 43:339-350.
52. Sturgess W., Dunn J., Davies L. Young children's perceptions of their relationships with family members: Links with family setting, friendships, and adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development 2001, 25:521-529.
53. Tabachnick B.G., Fidell L.S. Using multivariate statistics 1996, Harper Collins, New York. 3rd ed.
54. Van Riper M. Family variables associated with well-being in siblings of children with Down syndrome. Journal of Family Nursing 2000, 6:267-286.
55. Verté S., Hebbrecht L., Roeyers H. Psychological adjustment of siblings of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Volta Review 2006, 106:89-110.
56. Waite-Jones J., Madill A. Amplified ambivalence: Having a sibling with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Psychology and Health 2008, 23:477-492.
57. Wilkens K., Woodgate R. A review of qualitative research on the childhood cancer experience from the perspective of siblings: A need to give them voice. Journal of Pediatric Oncology 2005, 22:305-319.
58. Williams P.D. Siblings and pediatric chronic illness: A review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies 1997, 34:312-323.
59. Williams P.D., Williams A.R., Graff J.C., Hanson S., Stanton A., Hafeman C., et al. Interrelationships among variables affecting well siblings and mothers in families of children with a chronic illness or disability. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2002, 25:411-424.
60. Wisdom J.P., Rees A.M., Riley K.J., Weis T.R. Adolescents' perceptions of the gendered context of depression: "Tough" boys and objectified girls. Journal of Mental Health Counseling 2007, 29:144-162.