It's Different: Perceptions of Risk and Resilience in Older Siblings of Children with Disabilities

Autor/in	Reimers, Bradley Hugh
Titel	It's Different: Perceptions of Risk and Resilience in Older Siblings of Children with Disabilities
Quelle	(2017), (225 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Northern Colorado
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3558-3301-0
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Risk; Resilience (Psychology); Birth Order; Siblings; Intellectual Disability; Phenomenology; Adolescents; Adjustment (to Environment); Sibling Relationship; Stress Variables; Coping; Journal Writing; Photography; Semi Structured Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Risiko; Geburtenfolge; Sibling; Geschwister; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Bewältigung; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Fotografie
Abstract	The entry of a child with a disability into the family system can contribute to unique challenges, and potentially, joys for their families. Designed from a psychological resilience framework, this post-intentional phenomenological study specifically focused on the process of adaptation for five older siblings who had a younger sibling with an intellectual disability. To understand their perspectives about what their experiences had entailed, each adolescent participant wrote a daily check-in journal and completed both a photo-elicitation interview and a semi-structured interview. The results of this study indicated that adolescent older siblings adjusted to having a sibling with a disability by engaging in protective processes at the individual and familial levels. While participants described facing significant sources of stress, they also perceived that they had benefited because of their sibling relationship. While this study detailed how older siblings can adapt to having a sibling with a disability, additional research is needed to further understand the sources of risk and resilience these older siblings can encounter. Findings from this study might be applied by parents, families, and professionals to promote resilience processes for these older siblings. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01