The Moderating Role of Gender in Siblings of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract: Siblings play an important role in psychological and relational development in the lifecycle, especially if the family includes brothers or sisters with intellectual disability. The main objective of this study was to examine whether the relationships experienced by siblings of people with intellectual disability (ID-sibs) and siblings of people with typical development (TD-sibs) influence their ways of coping with stress and anxiety level, with particular emphasis on gender differences. The participants were 187 adults, of whom 104 (55.6%) were females aged 18 to 76 years (M = 29.42; SD = 11.93). Of our sample, 51.9% (N = 97) had a sibling with an intellectual disability and 48.1% (N = 90) had a sibling with typical development. The participants completed a self-report questionnaire that assessed demographics, sibling-relationship quality, anxiety, and coping orientations to problems experienced. The results show that women report a higher quality of relationship with ID-sibs comp.... https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/3579

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Moderating Role of Gender in Siblings of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities ; volume:13 ; number:1 ; day:19 ; month:07 ; year:2019 ; Interpersona ; 13, Heft 1 (19.07.2019)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Laura Elvira Prino ; Dawid Scigala ; Matteo Angelo Fabris ; Claudio Longobardi

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.v13i1.323
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101418344638781147
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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