Petalas Michael A, Hastings Richard P, Nash Susie, Lloyd Tracey, Dowey Alan
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, UK. psp202@ bangor.ac.uk
Autism. 2009 Sep;13(5):471-83. doi: 10.1177/1362361309335721.
Siblings of children with autism may be at greater risk for psychological problems than siblings of children with another disability or of typically developing (TD) children. However, it is difficult to establish whether autism or the presence of intellectual disability (ID) explains the findings in previous research. Mothers rated the emotional and behavioural adjustment of siblings of children with ID with (N = 25) or without (N = 24) autism. Data were also available 18 months later for siblings of children with autism and ID (N = 15). Siblings of children with autism and ID had more emotional problems compared with siblings of children with ID only and with normative data. Three variables were pertinent: increasing age of the child with autism, having a brother with autism, and being younger than the child with autism. Behavioural and emotional difficulties of siblings of children with autism and ID were relatively stable over 18 months.
与患有其他残疾的儿童或发育正常（TD）儿童的兄弟姐妹相比，自闭症儿童的兄弟姐妹可能面临更大的心理问题风险。然而，很难确定自闭症或智力残疾（ID）的存在是否能解释先前研究中的结果。母亲们对患有ID且伴有（N = 25）或不伴有（N = 24）自闭症的儿童的兄弟姐妹的情绪和行为调整进行了评分。18个月后，也获得了患有自闭症和ID的儿童的兄弟姐妹（N = 15）的数据。与仅患有ID的儿童的兄弟姐妹以及正常数据相比，患有自闭症和ID的儿童的兄弟姐妹有更多的情绪问题。有三个变量是相关的：自闭症儿童年龄的增长、有一个患自闭症的兄弟以及比自闭症儿童年龄小。患有自闭症和ID的儿童的兄弟姐妹的行为和情绪困难在18个月内相对稳定。
