ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
The Quality of Life among Siblings of Autistic Individuals: A Scoping Review.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Family Accommodation in Autistic Youth: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological Distress in Family Members of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder-Associated Factors and Implications for Healthcare.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Family Adaptation in Families with Autistic Members: A Scoping Review and Thematic Synthesis of Relational Systems, Context, and Development.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Review
- Socio-Demographic Associations and Frequencies of Physical Activity Participation of Autistic Adolescents Reported by Parents in Ontario, Canada.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Support for Siblings of Individuals with Autism: Insights from a Scoping Review.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Review
- Psychosocial adaptation of siblings of autistic individuals: current evidence, controversies, and future directions.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Commentary: The long-term psychological processing of an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in parents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The experiences, perspectives and needs of families raising neurodivergent twins: a multi-informant photo-elicitation exploratory study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Made to feel different: Families perspectives on external responses to autism and the impacts on family well-being and relationships.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Tic-Related Obsessive-Compulsive and Eating Disorders in Dandy-Walker Variant: A Case Report and Systematic Reappraisal of Psychiatric Profiles.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- A Patient-Centered Multidisciplinary Medical HOME for Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders presenting at a tender age, defined by qualitative deficits in social interactions and communication, thus having a substantial influence on the subject's family unit. Quality of life (QoL) refers to a person's perspective of their life situation, cultural and value background, objectives, expectations, and standards. When focusing on childhood and adolescence, age-related changes should be considered. For this scoping review, the authors used three peer-review literature database sources (PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and ERIC) to delve deeper into components of the QoL of non-autistic siblings of autistic individuals. At the completion of the eligibility phase, 9 studies were included out of the 96 initial records. A total of 4/9 articles (45%) compared the non-autistic siblings of autistic individuals to the siblings of non-autistic people, while 3/9 articles (33%) compared the first group to the non-autistic siblings of patients with other chronic diseases. A total of 5/9 studies adopted specific questionnaires to evaluate QoL. Results from 6/9 articles revealed that the autism condition has varying effects on non-autistic siblings' QoL. According to the considered research, non-autistic siblings of autistic individuals experienced decreased psychological well-being, less perceived social support, increased aggressiveness and conflict-proneness, and higher levels of anxiety and stress impacting their QoL. The present findings provide important implications for additional and more punctual studies in this sector. Furthermore, as being a non-autistic sibling of an autistic individual is commonly undervalued, this review advocates the need to organize and improve support services for siblings.
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