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Behavioural Problems in Children with Down's Syndrome and their Siblings
Author(s) -
Cuskelly Monica,
Dadds Mark
Publication year - 1992
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.1469-7610.1992.tb00910.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology
Reports of problem behaviour in children with Down's syndrome and their siblings were gathered from mothers, fathers and teachers. Twenty‐one sibling pairs were included in the study. The Revised Behavior Problem Checklist (Quay & Peterson, 1983) Wag used to gather information on total problem behaviour and on five specific problem areas. Children with Down's syndrome were reported to display more problem behaviours overall and to show significantly more attentional problems than their siblings by all rater groups. Sisters of children with Down's syndrome were reported to be more conduct disordered than were brothers by mothers, fathers and Learners. Measures of depression and marital satisfaction found both parent groups to be in the non‐d is tressed range on these instruments, Depression contributed significantly to both parents' reports of problems in the siblings while marital satisfaction was important for mothers' reports of problems in children with Down's syndrome.