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Sibling Accounts of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Author(s) -
KENDALL JUDY
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1999.00117.x
Subject(s) - sibling , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , mental health , social withdrawal , clinical psychology
The goal of this research was to generate a description of how siblings in families with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children experienced and lived with this chronic behavioral disorder. Interview and diary data from 11 families (N = 43) were analyzed using the constant comparative method. Data analysis revealed that siblings felt victimized by their ADHD sibling and that their experience of victimization was often minimized or overlooked in the family. Findings suggest that there is a need for increased social and mental health services for all members of the family over the course of the disorder, and that the effects on siblings, in particular, can be potentially quite deleterious to their health and well‐being.