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THE INFLUENCE OF DOWN'S SYNDROME ON SIBLING INTERACTION
Author(s) -
Abramovitch Rona,
Stanhope Linda,
Pepler Debra,
Corter Carl
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1987.tb00675.x
Subject(s) - sibling , prosocial behavior , psychology , developmental psychology , sibling relationship , birth order , normative , social relation , social psychology , demography , population , philosophy , epistemology , sociology
Home observations were done on sibling interactions in 31 families with a child having Down's syndrome and a non‐handicapped sibling The siblings with Down's syndrome initiated less prosocial and agonistic behaviour, but imitated more frequently than their non‐handicapped siblings. These effects were found regardless of birth order. There were no effects of gender. Higher levels of prosocial behaviours among large interval dyads and in dyads with a second‐born Down's syndrome child were primarily due to the age of the non‐handicapped sibling. Results were similar to those in previous “normative” studies of sibling interactions.