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Parentification of adult siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorder: Distress, sibling relationship attitudes, and the role of social support

Tomeny, Theodore S., Barry, Tammy D., Fair, Elizabeth C.·2017·Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability

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Background Typically developing (TD) siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often fulfil caregiving roles as children or adults (i.e., parentification, which can be either parent-focused or sibling-focused).Method This study examines how parentification interacts with social support when predicting distress and sibling relationship attitudes in 60 TD adult siblings of individuals with ASD.Results Perceived social support served as a moderator. Specifically, TD adult siblings who experienced high parent-focused parentification during childhood and low current social support were most likely to report high distress. TD siblings who reported low sibling-focused parentification during childhood and low current social support were most likely to report less positive attitudes about their relationships with their siblings with ASD.Conclusions Current findings suggest that perceived social support may serve as a potential point of intervention for reducing distress and improving sibling relationship attitudes among adult TD siblings of those with ASD.

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  • Parentification was linked with distress, but only at low levels of social support.

    “For example, more sibling- and parent-focused parentification was associated with negative interaction with siblings and less wellbeing, but only at low disclosure of worries about autistic sibling to parents [78]; language brokering was linked to less self-efficacy, but only at low parental/social support [85]; parentification was linked with distress, but only at low levels of social support [”

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Authors
Tomeny, T. S., Barry, T. D., & Fair, E. C.
Affiliations
  • University of Alabama (US)
  • Washington State University (US)
  • University of Southern Mississippi (US)
Corresponding author
Tomeny, Theodore S.
Venue
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
Published
2016-10-26
Volume
42
Issue
4
Pages
320-331
ISSN
  • 0045-0634 (ISSN-L)
  • 1366-8250
  • 1469-9532
OpenAlex
W2541576209
Cited by
53
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
3.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability (publishedVersion)
  • Aquila Digital Community (University of Southern Mississippi) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
Keywords
parentification, autism spectrum disorder, adult siblings, social support, psychological distress, caregiver role, siblings of people with disabilities

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