Sibling adjustment and sibling relationships associated with clusters of needs in children with autism: a novel methodological approach
Sibling adjustment and sibling relationships associated with clusters of needs in children with autism: a novel methodological approach
We tested a novel methodological approach to examine associations between characteristics of autistic children and outcomes for siblings. Cluster analysis was used to define five groups of children with autism (n = 168) based on autism symptoms, adaptive behavior, pro-social behavior, and behavior problems. Primary and secondary parent carers, and siblings themselves, reported on sibling relationship quality and psychological adjustment. Siblings of autistic children with a mild symptom profile, high levels of adaptive skills, but high internalizing and externalizing problems had the highest level of these problems themselves and more conflict in their relationship. Siblings of autistic children with the most complex support needs (adaptive skills deficits, severe autism symptoms) reported lower warmth relationships but not elevated internalizing and externalizing problems.
Autism, Cluster analysis, Sibling adjustment, Sibling relationships, Siblings
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Rixon, Louise
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Hastings, Richard P
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Kovshoff, Hanna
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Bailey, Tom
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1 November 2021
Rixon, Louise
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Rixon, Louise, Hastings, Richard P, Kovshoff, Hanna and Bailey, Tom
(2021)
Sibling adjustment and sibling relationships associated with clusters of needs in children with autism: a novel methodological approach.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51 (11), .
(doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04854-0).
Abstract
We tested a novel methodological approach to examine associations between characteristics of autistic children and outcomes for siblings. Cluster analysis was used to define five groups of children with autism (n = 168) based on autism symptoms, adaptive behavior, pro-social behavior, and behavior problems. Primary and secondary parent carers, and siblings themselves, reported on sibling relationship quality and psychological adjustment. Siblings of autistic children with a mild symptom profile, high levels of adaptive skills, but high internalizing and externalizing problems had the highest level of these problems themselves and more conflict in their relationship. Siblings of autistic children with the most complex support needs (adaptive skills deficits, severe autism symptoms) reported lower warmth relationships but not elevated internalizing and externalizing problems.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 December 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 January 2021
Published date: 1 November 2021
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Autism, Cluster analysis, Sibling adjustment, Sibling relationships, Siblings
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/474918
ISSN: 0162-3257
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