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Ayelet Siman-Tov; Adi Sharabi – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: The study examined relations between a number of variables regarding typically-developing adult siblings of individuals with intellectual and developmental disability: involvement in the lives of their siblings with disability, personal resources (self-efficacy and sense of coherence), loneliness, and adjustment. Method: Participants…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Self Efficacy
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Adi Sharabi; Ayelet Siman Tov – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Sisters and brothers play an important role in the lives of their siblings with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), starting in childhood and commonly increasing in adulthood. The current study compared typically-developing adult sisters' and brothers' level of involvement in the care of their siblings with IDD. Beyond this, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Massimiliano Sommantico; Santa Parrello; Barbara De Rosa – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2020
The goal of this study is to propose the Siblings' Experience Quality Scale (SEQS), a measure for the assessment of cognitive, emotional and behavioral experience of adult individuals having a brother or sister with an intellectual/developmental disability, chronic physical illness or mental illness, on five dimensions: Closeness, Conflict,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Adults
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Rossetti, Zach; Hall, Sarah – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine perceptions of adult sibling relationships with a brother or sister with severe disabilities and the contexts affecting the relationships. Adult siblings without disabilities (N = 79) from 19 to 72 years of age completed an online survey with four open-ended questions about their relationship…
Descriptors: Adults, Sibling Relationship, Severe Disabilities, Online Surveys
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Pompeo, Michelle N. – Exceptionality Education International, 2009
This study is a retrospective look at adult female siblings' perspectives of their childhoods and present identities based on having a brother with a disability. This paper focuses on siblings' experiences within educational and public domains, and how such experiences have shaped their personalities and career choices. Qualitative findings were…
Descriptors: Siblings, Bullying, Adults, Females
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Orsmond, Gael. I.; Seltzer, M. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2007
Background: In this study, we examine instrumental and affective involvement in the sibling relationship for adults who have a brother or sister with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or Down syndrome (DS). We ask three research questions: (1) How do adult siblings of individuals with ASD differ from siblings of individuals with DS in their…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Caregivers, Longitudinal Studies, Coping