title: Latino sibling knowledge and adjustment to chronic disability.
abstract: Forty matched healthy Latino and non-Latino siblings (ages 8-14 years) of children with developmental and physical disabilities completed interviews and questionnaires assessing sibling knowledge of and adjustment to disability and sibling global psychological functioning. One-way analyses of variance revealed Latino siblings to have significantly less accurate information about the disability and more internalizing problems than non-Latino siblings. Sibling and parent wishes for the healthy sibling reflected cultural values. The results indicate that Latino siblings of children with chronic disabilities may be at risk for internalizing psychological problems. Future research regarding cultural factors affecting sibling adaptation to childhood disability is encouraged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 02903, USA. debra_lobato@brown.edu
authors.forename: Debra J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lobato
authors.forename: Barbara T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Plante
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires