ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2016
Wellbeing, mental health knowledge and caregiving experiences of siblings of people with psychosis, compared to their peers and parents: an exploratory study.
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- Literary case study of psychosis:World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Polygenic risk for schizophrenia and subjective well-being in a general population sample.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- The Role of Siblings in Caring for Middle-Aged and Older People With Severe Mental Illness: A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
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- Knowledge of Mental Illness and Its Associations Among Caregivers of Patients With Schizophrenia.Cureus · 2024Article
- Predictors of Mental Health Literacy among Parents, Guardians, and Teachers of Adolescents in West Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Women involvement in the informal caregiving field: A perspective review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mediating effects of care burden and sense of coherence between patients' disabilities and siblings' emotions in psychotic disorders.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2022Article
- The Malay Literacy of Suicide Scale: A Rasch Model Validation and Its Correlation with Mental Health Literacy among Malaysian Parents, Caregivers and Teachers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The experiential perspectives of siblings and partners caring for a loved one with an eating disorder in the UK.BJPsych open · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe wellbeing and caregiving experiences of family carers supporting people with psychosis has garnered increasing interest. Evidence indicates that the burden of caregiving can adversely impact on parents' wellbeing, few studies have investigated whether this is also the case for siblings, who often take on caregiving responsibilities. This exploratory study investigated the wellbeing, mental health knowledge, and appraisals of caregiving in siblings of individuals with psychosis.
methodUsing a cross-sectional design, 90 siblings completed three validated questionnaires: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS), and Experience of Caregiving Inventory (ECI). Data obtained were compared to general population norms and parent-carers' scores. Multi-variable regression analyses were conducted to examine relationships between questionnaire scores and demographic characteristics including age, sex, birth order, marital status, accommodation and educational level.
resultsSiblings, especially sisters, had significantly poorer mental wellbeing, compared to normative scores. Conversely, they had better mental health knowledge. Siblings and parent-carers had comparable high levels of negative appraisals of caregiving experiences, but siblings reported more satisfaction with personal experiences and relationships. Education level was a significant predictor for better mental health knowledge; there were no other relationships between siblings' demographic factors and outcomes.
conclusionStudy findings suggest that siblings have overlapping as well as distinct needs, compared to parent-carers. Further research is required to better understand siblings' experiences so as to inform development of targeted interventions that enhance wellbeing and caregiving capacity.
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