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Sibling Behaviours and Relationships Following Mild to Moderate Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Findings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Taryn Fay  and
Suzanne Barker-Collo
Taryn Fay
Affiliation:
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Suzanne Barker-Collo*
Affiliation:
University of Auckland, New Zealand
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Suzanne Barker-Collo, Department of Psychology, Auckland University, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Recent attention has begun to focus on the impact of childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) on the family. This study examined the impact of mild to moderate childhood TBI on parental ratings of well and injured siblings' behaviours in relation to well siblings' ratings of the impact of injury and the sibling relationship. Parents of 10 children with TBI and 10 children with orthopaedic injury rated both injured and well siblings' behaviours using the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL). Well siblings completed the Sibling Impact Questionnaire (SIQ) and Sibling Relationship Questionnaire (SRQ). Results indicated that children with TBI exhibited significantly more externalising and total behaviours than children with orthopaedic injury, while well siblings of children with TBI exhibited more internalising behaviours than siblings of children with orthopaedic injury. Well siblings' ratings of the impact of the injury and sibling relationship did not differ significantly across groups. The behaviours of well siblings and their ratings of injury impact and sibling relationship are examined in relation to the behaviours of the injured siblings for the two groups. The implications of the findings are examined in terms of the need to involve siblings in the rehabilitation process.

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Brain Impairment , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , 01 December 2003 , pp. 91 - 105
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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