Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2011 Jul;116(4):263-77. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-116.3.263.
This study examined aspects of the sibling relationship that predicted helping profession choice and volunteerism in siblings of individuals with mild intellectual deficits at 3 points in adulthood: their mid-30s, early 50s, and mid-60s. The 393 respondents were from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a prospective, longitudinal study following participants from ages 18 to 64 years. Being an only sibling predicted greater helping profession choice for female but not male siblings. Being older than the brother or sister with mild intellectual deficits as well as having more contact with and feeling closer to that brother or sister predicted more volunteerism for female but not for male siblings. Earlier measures of contact and closeness were better predictors of volunteerism than concurrent measures.
本研究考察了兄弟姐妹关系的几个方面，这些方面预测了轻度智力缺陷个体的兄弟姐妹在成年期的三个时间点（30 多岁、50 多岁和 60 多岁）选择从事助人职业和志愿服务的情况。393 名受访者来自威斯康星州纵向研究，这是一项前瞻性的纵向研究，从参与者 18 岁到 64 岁进行跟踪。作为独生子或女预测女性而不是男性兄弟姐妹更有可能选择助人职业。与轻度智力缺陷的兄弟姐妹年龄相差较大，以及与兄弟姐妹接触较多且感觉与他们更亲近，预测女性而不是男性兄弟姐妹会有更多的志愿服务。早期的接触和亲密程度衡量指标比同期衡量指标更能预测志愿服务。
