Rivers Jessica Wood, Stoneman Zolinda
Autism Consultant, Portsmouth, VA, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2003 Aug;33(4):383-94. doi: 10.1023/a:1025006727395.
Family systems theory was employed to study sibling relationships in 50 families with a child with autism. Typically developing siblings expressed satisfaction with their sibling relationships. Parents were somewhat less positive about the sibling relationship than were the siblings themselves. As hypothesized, stress in the marital relationship was associated with compromised sibling relationships. Informal social support buffered the deleterious effects of marital stress on positive, but not negative, aspects of the sibling relationship. Contrary to predictions, families experiencing high marital stress who sought greater support from formal resources external to the family had typically developing siblings who reported a higher level of negative sibling behaviors than families who sought low levels of formal support. Findings reinforce the importance of considering family context as a contributor to the quality of the sibling relationship.
家庭系统理论被用于研究50个有自闭症患儿家庭中的兄弟姐妹关系。发育正常的兄弟姐妹对他们的兄弟姐妹关系表示满意。父母对兄弟姐妹关系的看法不如兄弟姐妹自己积极。正如所假设的那样，婚姻关系中的压力与受损的兄弟姐妹关系有关。非正式的社会支持缓冲了婚姻压力对兄弟姐妹关系积极方面而非消极方面的有害影响。与预测相反，婚姻压力大且从家庭外部的正式资源寻求更多支持的家庭中，发育正常的兄弟姐妹报告的负面兄弟姐妹行为水平高于寻求较少正式支持的家庭。研究结果强化了将家庭环境视为影响兄弟姐妹关系质量因素的重要性。
