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Source: Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal
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1. Vanderwerp, Leah Sawyer
Siblings and Illness: A Study of How Children Are Differentially Impacted by the Chronic Illness of a Sibling
Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal 7 (2011).
Also: http://ejournals.library.vanderbilt.edu/ojs/index.php/vurj/article/viewFile/2924/1223
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Vanderbilt University, Office of the Provost
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Health; Children, Mental Health; Depression (see also CESD); Health, Chronic Conditions; Illnesses; Siblings; Undergraduate Research

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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Mother and Child samples, I investigated the relationships among child and adolescent depressive symptoms, having a chronically ill sibling, and other child and familial demographic variables. From research on social support and social role transitions, with the stress process as a theoretical model, I hypothesized that children with chronically ill siblings experience more depressive symptoms. Specifically, I looked at age, gender, birth order and family size as potentially reducing the effect size of having a chronically ill sibling. Findings showed that having a chronically ill sibling is associated with demonstrating more depressive symptoms both in the bivariate and multivariate analyses. Although age, gender, birth order and family size do not interact significantly with having a chronically ill sibling in predicting depressive symptoms, they do present interesting findings about childhood depressive symptoms in general. Thus, the results of this study suggest specific and meaningful paths for future research.
Bibliography Citation
Vanderwerp, Leah Sawyer. "Siblings and Illness: A Study of How Children Are Differentially Impacted by the Chronic Illness of a Sibling." Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal 7 (2011).