ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Explaining Differences Between Sibling Relationships in Schizophrenia and Nonclinical Sibling Relationships.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Balancing one's own life with caregiving for a sibling with schizophrenia: A qualitative study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Well-being and perceived social support in individuals with a sibling with psychiatric disorders: a comparative study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Case study of the separation-individuation process in an identical twin following the onset of schizophrenia in a sibling.Discover mental health · 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
- Gender differences and clinical correlates in the age of the first hospitalization in patients with drug-naïve schizophrenia in China: a cross-sectional study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundGood sibling relationships in adulthood are known to be a protective factor for mental health. The quality of these relationships is influence by the sibship's inherent characteristics (e.g., birth order, number of brothers and sisters, sex composition, age gaps). The present study explored whether these same determinants can help to explain how individuals experience their relationship with a sibling who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
methodA total of 374 adults completed the Adult Sibling Relationship Questionnaire, a scale that probes the quality of these relationships on three dimensions: warmth, conflict, and rivalry. We also collected sociodemographic data and information about family structure from each of the participants. Participants were divided into two matched groups: nonclinical sibling group (
resultsResults showed that sociodemographic and family structure data explained a significant proportion of variance in the sibling relationship, but solely for nonclinical siblings. When participants had a sibling with schizophrenia, we found that disease-related variables (symptom severity, frequency of treatment) also had to be included to predict the conflict dimension.
conclusionsOur results suggest that feelings of conflict experienced by the schizophrenia sibling group were fueled by the symptoms the ill person displayed. Healthy brothers and sisters probably have only a poor understanding of these symptoms. This could be improved by supporting them and helping them learn more about the disease. Future research will have to prove that providing such support for siblings does indeed improve the quality of their sibling relationships and, by so doing, enhance the wellbeing of both members of a sibling dyad.
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