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Title: The Impact of Family Adversity: Behavioral Outcomes of Having a Disabled Sibling during Childhood
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Penner, Anna |
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The Impact of Family Adversity: Behavioral Outcomes of Having a Disabled Sibling during Childhood Presented: Montreal, QC, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2017 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Childhood Adversity/Trauma; Children, Behavioral Development; Disability; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Utilizing secondary data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults, this paper examines behavioral outcomes among children (ages 4-14) who have had a disabled sibling. Current estimates maintain that more than one in eight American families have a disabled child, suggesting that a substantial portion of our children have a disabled sibling, and yet little sociological literature examines their experiences using nationally representative data. I investigate whether children with disabled siblings are at greater risk for behavioral problems during their childhood than children whose siblings are not disabled, and find that, on average, children with a disabled sibling have more reports of behavioral problems than children whose siblings are not disabled. Any gap that shows these children are at greater risk for behavioral problems and delinquency is important to note—if we can support these children early on and give them tools to cope and excel, then we may decrease the aid they require as they enter adolescence and adulthood. |
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Penner, Anna. "The Impact of Family Adversity: Behavioral Outcomes of Having a Disabled Sibling during Childhood." Presented: Montreal, QC, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2017. |