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Challenges and Growth: Lived Experience of Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with a Sibling with ASD
- Source :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52:2430-2437
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Adolescent and young adult (AYA) siblings of individuals with autism experience unique challenges that can promote both growth and emotional maladjustment. This study explored sibling and parent reports of siblings' lived experiences and identified learning, stressors, and concerns from those experiences. 20 neurotypical (NT) AYA siblings (ages 13-24), and 21 parents were interviewed. Themes that emerged from the data analysis included: (1) learning, empathy, and compassion (2) relationship between the degree of functional impairment and the nature of the sibling relationship; (3) reluctance to share information about siblings with peers; (4) hypervigilance associated with unpredictable behavior; (5) worries and concerns about the future. These findings contribute to the existing literature on the impact and nature of neurotypical siblings' lived experience.
- Subjects :
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05 social sciences
Stressor
Empathy
Hypervigilance
medicine.disease
Sibling relationship
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Autism
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Young adult
Sibling
medicine.symptom
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Neurotypical
050104 developmental & child psychology
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733432 and 01623257
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8d58a687c531ce8145156611d04dad05