ArticleJournal of abnormal child psychology2019
Having Siblings is Associated with Better Social Functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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- Network Analysis of Parental Emotion Awareness and Emotion Coaching: Associations with Prosocial Behavior in Chinese Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Family Factors and the Psychological Well-Being of Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease-An Exploratory Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Sibling Relationships in Families of Autistic and Typical Children: Similarities and Differences in the Perspectives of Siblings and Mothers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The older sibling effect: comparing social functioning outcomes for autistic children with typically developing siblings, no siblings, and autistic siblings.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Sibling relationships and visual impairment: investigating their bond with a focus on the role of social play.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Does Having a Sibling Affect Autistic People's Empathy?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Impacts of Sibling Relations on Sociality, Communication, and Autism Severity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Retrospective Analysis.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
- Examination of Clinical and Assessment Type Differences Between Toddlers with ASD from Multiplex and Simplex Families.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Descriptive Analysis of Social Interaction and Communication Skills of Autistic Children According to Sibling Status and Characteristics.Psychiatry investigation · 2024Article
- Comparison of social isolation in autistic children and adolescents according to age, marital status and number of siblings.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Sibling Influences on Trajectories of Maladaptive Behaviors in Autism.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- No effects of siblings and twin testosterone transfer on autistic traits.JCPP advances · 2022Article
- Influence of siblings on adaptive behavior trajectories in autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- Relationships Between Children's Shyness, Play Disconnection, and Loneliness: Moderating Effect of Children's Perceived Child-Teacher Intimate Relationship.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- Predicting Adolescent Adjustment and Well-Being: The Interplay between Socio-Emotional and Personal Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Sibling relationships play a unique developmental role, especially in emotional and social domains. In autism spectrum disorder (ASD), social-communication skills are often impaired in comparison to typical development. Therefore, studying siblings' effects on social skills of the child with ASD is important. This retrospective study examined how autism severity and functioning were affected by having older and younger sibling/s, the sex of the index child and of the sibling, and the number of siblings. The study population included 150 participants with ASD (mean age = 4:0 ± 1:6), divided into three equal groups (no sibling, older and younger siblings), matched for cognitive level. The evaluation included neurological and standardized behavioral, cognitive, and functional assessments. Children with ASD with older siblings showed less severe social interaction deficits and better social adaptive skills than only children. No significant differences in autism severity and adaptive functioning were noted between the group with younger siblings and the other groups. The more older siblings the affected child had, the better their social functioning. The sex of the participants with ASD and that of the sibling were not associated with social functioning. Social interaction deficits, the presence of older or younger siblings for children with ASD, and higher cognitive ability contributed significantly to the explained variance (48.9%) in social adaptive skills. These findings emphasize that older siblings positively influence the social skills of their younger sibling with ASD. The effect of typically developing younger siblings was modest and seen only in children with ASD and better cognition.
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