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Petalas, Michael A.; Hastings, Richard P.; Nash, Susie; Reilly, Deirdre; Dowey, Alan – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: There is a dearth of research on the perspectives of adolescent siblings growing up with a brother or sister with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Method: Semistructured interviews were used to elicit the perceptions and experiences of 12 typically developing adolescents with a brother with an ASD. Interpretative phenomenological…
Descriptors: Autism, Siblings, Data Analysis, Adolescents
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Petalas, Michael A.; Hastings, Richard P.; Nash, Susie; Dowey, Alan; Reilly, Deirdre – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2009
Semi-structured interviews were used to explore the perceptions and experiences of eight typically developing siblings in middle childhood who had a brother with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The analysis yielded five main themes: (i) siblings' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Siblings, Autism, Interviews, Statistical Analysis
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Petalas, Michael A.; Hastings, Richard P.; Nash, Susie; Lloyd, Tracey; Dowey, Alan – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
Siblings of children with autism may be at greater risk for psychological problems than siblings of children with another disability or of typically developing (TD) children. However, it is difficult to establish whether autism or the presence of intellectual disability (ID) explains the findings in previous research. Mothers rated the emotional…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Child Behavior, Siblings, Mental Retardation