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Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: Expectations about future caregiving roles.

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Sibling expectations to provide future instrumental or emotional support for a brother or sister with schizophrenia when parents became disabled or died were examined. Data came from a sample of 137 siblings participating in a longitudinal study of aging families of adults with schizophrenia. Early socialization experiences, the quality of the sibling relationship, and personal caregiver gains propel siblings toward a future caregiving role, whereas geographic distance and beliefs about the controllability of psychiatric symptoms reduce expectations of future involvement.

Source: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.29

Authors: Matthew J. Smith, Jan S. Greenberg, Marsha Mailick Seltzer

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison

Language: English

Topic: Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health