Les attitudes des adolescents au développement typique envers leurs frères et sœurs avec un diagnostic de trouble du spectre de l'autisme

Traduction partielle : G.M.

S Afr J Commun Disord. 2017 Apr 26;64(1):e1-e7. doi: 10.4102/sajcd.v64i1.184.

The attitudes of typically developing adolescents towards their sibling with autism spectrum disorder

Van der Merwe C, Bornman J, Donohue D, Harty M¹.

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Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Health and Rehab Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. michal.harty@uct.ac.za

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Comprendre comment les composantes cognitives, émotionnelles et comportementales des attitudes des frères et sœurs interagissent les uns avec les autres à différents stades de la durée de vie d'un frère et soeur, afin de permettre aux cliniciens d'offrir un meilleur soutien aux enfants avec un diagnostic de trouble du spectre de l'autisme (TSA) et de leurs familles. [...]L'objectif principal de cette étude était d'étudier la façon dont les adolescents en développement rappellent leurs attitudes passées et décrivent leurs attitudes actuelles vis-à-vis de leurs frères et sœurs avec un TSA
Understanding how the cognitive, emotional and behavioural components of sibling attitudes interact with one another at various stages of a sibling's lifespan will allow clinicians to provide better support to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families.  
However, no research exists which focusses on describing the attitudes of adolescent siblings of children with ASD within the South African context towards their sibling with an ASD.  
The primary aim of this study was to investigate how typically developing adolescents recall their past attitudes and describe their present attitudes towards their sibling with an ASD.

METHODS:

Thirty typically developing adolescents who have siblings with ASD were selected to complete the survey instrument, the Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale, using a cross-sectional design.

RESULTS:

Les résultats indiquent que les participants ont eu des attitudes plus positives envers leurs frères et sœurs avec TSA en tant qu'adolescents par rapport à quand ils étaient plus jeunes et que les adolescents ont évalué leurs émotions actuelles et leurs croyances au sujet de leur fratrie avec TSA  comme étant plus positives que leurs expériences d'interaction actuelles.
 Results indicate that the measure has internal consistency within this sample. Wilcoxon signed-ranks tests were used to test for significant differences between the mean values for the two self-reported time periods. Friedman analysis of variances (ANOVAs) was used to test for significant differences in the three components of attitudes, namely affect, behaviour and cognition.  
Results indicate that participants held more positive attitudes towards their siblings with ASD as adolescents compared with when they were younger and that adolescents rated their current emotions towards and beliefs about their sibling with ASD to be more positive than their current interaction experiences.

PMID: 28470082