Gath A, Gumley D
Drummond Clinic, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, U.K.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1987 Sep;28(5):715-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1987.tb01554.x.
One hundred and eighty-three retarded children and their nearest-in-age siblings were investigated. Ninety-five of the retarded children had Down's syndrome and 88 were retarded for other reasons. Interviews with the parents were carried out at home. Questionnaires on behaviour and educational attainment were completed for the retarded child, the sibling and a classroom control for the sibling. The retarded children had more behaviour problems than their siblings, as expected. The behaviour problems in the sibling were more often found if the retarded child had much-disturbed behaviour, especially when the retarded child had Down's syndrome. The siblings in the non-Down's group had more reading problems and more behaviour disturbance in school than either the controls or the siblings of Down's syndrome group.
对183名智障儿童及其年龄最相近的兄弟姐妹进行了调查。其中95名智障儿童患有唐氏综合征，88名因其他原因导致智力发育迟缓。在家中对这些孩子的父母进行了访谈。针对智障儿童、其兄弟姐妹以及该兄弟姐妹所在班级的对照儿童，完成了关于行为和学业成绩的问卷调查。正如预期的那样，智障儿童比其兄弟姐妹存在更多行为问题。如果智障儿童有严重的行为障碍，尤其是患有唐氏综合征时，其兄弟姐妹出现行为问题的情况更为常见。非唐氏综合征组的兄弟姐妹在阅读方面存在更多问题，且在学校的行为干扰比唐氏综合征组的兄弟姐妹或对照组都要多。
