Sibling Relationships Over the Life Course

Growing Up With a Disability

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4636745
AutoresH Avieli (0000-0002-0341-6058, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel), Tova Band-Winterstein (University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel), Tova Band‐Winterstein (0000-0002-6381-3661, University of Haifa), Tal Araten Bergman (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), Tal Araten‐Bergman (0000-0003-4915-2729, La Trobe University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen29
Número12
Páginas1739-1750
Fecha de publicación2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732319837228
PMID30920951
OpenAlexW2928779273
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas63

The research explores sibling relationships, and the ways in which they are shaped over the life course by family members, in families with a lifelong disability. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 family units including a parent, a sibling, and an adult sibling with a disability. The content analysis revealed five sibling relationship patterns: (a) "Not a child, but a parent caretaker"-the parent-surrogate sibling; (b) "We somehow grew apart"-the estranged sibling; (c) "It is important for me to maintain some kind of distance"-the bystander sibling; (d) "When there's something they want to tell him, they always send me"-the mediator sibling; and (e) "I love him to death"-the friend sibling. These patterns of adult sibling relationships are discussed in relation to family dynamics, values, and legacies; recommendations for practice and research are made

Brother · Developmental psychology · Life course approach · Sibling · Sibling relationship · Sociology · Family and Disability Support Research · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology