The impacts of typically developing siblings on the developmental outcomes of children with disability: a scoping review

M Cuskelly, L Gilmore, C Rayner, F Girkin… - Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Siblings represent an important influence on children's development. It is
possible that sibling influence on developmental outcomes differs in sibling pairs when one …

Using neurotypical siblings as intervention agents to guide individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A systematic review

Y Lu, SN Douglas, A Bagawan, JL Hauck - Research in Autism Spectrum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Siblings share a unique and long-lasting relationship. Their involvement in the
upbringing of an individual with a disability may lead to long-term positive developmental …

Prosocial behavior is a relative strength in siblings of children with physical disabilities or autism spectrum disorder

S Orm, Y Haukeland, T Vatne, WK Silverman… - … of Developmental and …, 2022 - Springer
Research on siblings of children with developmental and physical disabilities has
emphasized negative influences on siblings' mental health. Yet, such siblings may be more …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring family communication in pediatric nursing: Psychometric properties of the Parent-Child Communication Scale–Child Report (PCCS-CR)

S Orm, YB Haukeland, T Vatne, K Fjermestad - Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Communication quality is an essential indicator of family functioning and
represents an important outcome after pediatric nursing interventions. However, few well …

Maternal mental health and the behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder: Unidirectional and bidirectional effects

PR Benson - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Background While transactional theories of development posit that child and parent
functioning are reciprocally linked, few autism family studies have examined if and how …

Empathy, theory of mind, and prosocial behaviors in autistic children

X Wang, B Auyeung, N Pan, LZ Lin, Q Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Previous research has suggested that children with autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) display fewer prosocial behaviors, and the role of empathy or Theory of Mind (ToM) in …

Does Having a Sibling Affect Autistic People's Empathy?

Y Rum, O Golan, C Allison, P Smith, SR White… - Journal of Autism and …, 2023 - Springer
This study examined whether autistic people with siblings score higher on measures of
empathy than those without siblings. Cohorts of autistic children (n= 939; mean age= 7.35 …

Sibling Relationships in Families of Autistic and Typical Children: Similarities and Differences in the Perspectives of Siblings and Mothers

Y Rum, DA Zachor, Y Armony, E Daniel… - Journal of Autism and …, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates mothers' and siblings' perspectives regarding similarities and
differences in siblingships with and without autism. Twenty-nine typical children (M age …

Introduction to the special section: prosocial development in risky and vulnerable contexts

LK Taylor, G Carlo - International Journal of Behavioral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The introduction highlights a developmental perspective on children's and youth prosocial
behavior in risky and vulnerable contexts. The six empirical papers published in this Special …

Seeking contexts that promote neurodiverse social success: Patterns of behavior during minimally-structured interaction settings in autistic and non-autistic youth

ML McNair, EG Keenan, AP Houck… - Development and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
While peer interaction differences are considered a central feature of autism, little is known
regarding the nature of these interactions via directly-observed measurement of naturalistic …