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A population-based study of the behavioral and emotional adjustment of older siblings of children with and without intellectual disability

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Hayden, Nikita, Hastings, Richard P., Totsika, Vasiliki and Langley, Emma (2019) A population-based study of the behavioral and emotional adjustment of older siblings of children with and without intellectual disability. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47 (8). pp. 1409-1419. doi:10.1007/s10802-018-00510-5

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Abstract

This is the first study on the behavioral and emotional adjustment of siblings of children with intellectual disabilities (ID) to use a population-based sample, from the third wave of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS); a UK longitudinal birth cohort study. We examined differences between nearest-in-age older siblings (age 5–15) of MCS children (likely mainly with mild to moderate ID) identified with ID (n = 257 siblings) or not (n = 7246 siblings). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) measured all children’s adjustment. For SDQ total problems, 13.9% of siblings of children with ID and 8.9% of siblings of children without had elevated scores (OR 1.65; 95% CI 1.04, 2.62; p = 0.031). Similar group differences were found for SDQ peer and conduct problems. In logistic regression models, variables consistently associated with older sibling adjustment were: adjustment of the MCS cohort child, older sibling being male, family socio-economic position, primary carer psychological distress, and being from a single parent household. The ID grouping variable was no longer associated with adjustment for all SDQ domains, except siblings of children with ID were less likely to be identified as hyperactive (OR 0.30; 95% CI 0.10, 0.87; p = 0.027). Some older siblings of children with ID may be at additional risk for behavioral and emotional problems. Group differences were related mainly to social and family contextual factors. Future longitudinal research should address developmental pathways by which children with ID may affect sibling adjustment.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Behavior therapy for children, Intellectual disability, Brothers and sisters of people with disabilities , Emotion recognition in children , Child mental health -- Research
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Publisher: Springer US
ISSN: 0091-0627
Official Date: August 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
August 2019Published
4 February 2019Available
1 January 2018Accepted
Volume: 47
Number: 8
Number of Pages: 11
Page Range: pp. 1409-1419
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-018-00510-5
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ES/J500203/1 Economic and Social Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
UNSPECIFIEDSibshttps://www.sibs.org.uk/

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