title: Sibling relationships as a resource for coping with traumatic events.
abstract: The study investigated the correlation between the perception of sibling relationship to cope an adverse occurrence - the partial collapse of a primary school - and the indicators related to the traumatic impact set off by the event, by soliciting the child's reminiscence of the catastrophic experience. One hundred trauma-exposed children were recruited from a Sicilian primary school and were administered the following research instruments: the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC-A), to investigate the traumatized response that can be triggered in the children involved; the Brother as a Resource Questionnaire (BRQ), to delve into the perception of sibling relationship as a resource. The outcomes showed statistically significant negative correlations between the Anxiety scale of the TSCC-A and the Scaffolding factors (r = -.260, p < .05) and Decision making process (r = -.315, p < 05) of the BRQ; between the Depression scale and the Scaffolding factors (r = -.147, p < .05), Emotional sharing (r = -.168, p < .05) and Decision making process (r = -.281, p < .05). The Anger scale correlated negatively with the Emotional sharing (r = -187, p < .05), the Decision making process (r = -.182, p < .05) and the Scaffolding factors (r = -.279, p < .05); the Post-traumatic Stress correlated negatively with the Scaffolding factors (r = -.203, p < .05) and the Decision making process (r = -.238, p < .05). Lastly, the Dissociation correlated negatively with the Decision making process (r = -.270, p < .05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy, Viale delle Scienze - Ed. 15, Palermo, 90128 Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perricone
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy, Viale delle Scienze - Ed. 15, Palermo, 90128 Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy, Viale delle Scienze - Ed. 15, Palermo, 90128 Italy.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burgio
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy, Viale delle Scienze - Ed. 15, Palermo, 90128 Italy.
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polizzi
keywords: Developmental resource; Developmental risk; Sibling relationship; Trauma