To evaluate within-family differences in maternal affective behavior toward siblings, face-to-face interactions were observed between 39 mothers and their firstborn and second-born infants at 2 months of age. Mother and infant affect was coded on a 1-s time base with behavioral descriptors. Mothers were more positive with second-born infants, and second-born infants were more positive than were...

When a child is diagnosed with a chronic, life-threatening illness, there is a significant impact on the healthy siblings. Few studies have addressed the adaptation of well siblings in diagnoses other than cancer. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to examine the relationships between the risk and protective factors that affect the psychological adaptation of healthy siblin...

Behçet's disease is a multisystemic disease affecting most organs. Although a tendency towards an association with a certain genetic type and with HLA-B51 is suspected, the incidence of several siblings with Behçet's disease in a single family is rare. A family, in which three sisters were affected with Behçet's disease, uveitis being the most severe manifestation, was studied. In this family a...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to empirically test if siblings of children with disability had higher levels of parent-reported behavioral and emotional functional impairment compared with a peer group of siblings residing with only typically developing children. METHODS This was a retrospective secondary analysis of data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. We included only ho...

BACKGROUND Family, twin and adoption studies suggest that genetic susceptibility contributes to familial aggregation of infectious diseases or to death from infections. We estimated genetic and shared environmental influences separately on the risk of acquiring an infection (incidence) and on dying from it (case fatality). METHODS Genetic influences were estimated by the association between r...

AIMS A family history of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) in an apparently healthy individual conveys an increased risk of future CAD. The extent to which inducible myocardial ischaemia exists and is associated with long-term incident CAD in apparently healthy siblings of early-onset CAD patients is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS Asymptomatic siblings (n = 1287, aged 30-59 years) of pati...

Children as well as adults need a warm affectionate relationship with small circles of intimate associates. In infancy, the relationship and bonding between parent and child are vital to future, normal physical psychological and social development. (Brisbane, 1965; Cruick shank,1963). In siblings a competitive struggle that often develops between siblings for the affection of their parents. In ...

Research on the consequences of witnessing domestic violence has focused on inter-adult violence and most specifically on violence toward mothers. The potential consequences of witnessing violence to siblings have been almost entirely overlooked. Based on clinical experience we sought to test the hypothesis that witnessing violence toward siblings would be as consequential as witnessing violenc...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus shows how Kambili and Jaja, two teenage siblings, ultimately develop a tendency to combat their psychological tensions in domestically abused environment under the God-like dictatorship of father. Their father’s extremely imposing attitude induces anxiety both teenagers while subjugating necessary freedom. The research focuses on development sibl...

BACKGROUND Since siblings of pediatric cancer patients are at risk for emotional, behavioral, and social problems, there is considerable interest in development of early psychological interventions. This paper aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a two-session psychological intervention for siblings of newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients. METHODS Thirty siblings age 6-17 years were ...