Comparison of relationships among French adult siblings with or without schizophrenia using the ASRQ-S: mediating effect on emotional distress

Plessis, Léa; Wilquin, Hélène; Pavani, Jean‐Baptiste; Bouteyre, Évelyne

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“…Nevertheless, the addition of SZ-related variables to the regression models only influenced participants' experience of conflict-the dominant dimension in these particular sibling relationships (61). More specifically, our results showed that frequency of treatment and, above all, symptom severity were the best predictors of conflict in SZ sibling group.…”

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Explaining Differences Between Sibling Relationships in Schizophrenia and Nonclinical Sibling Relationships

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Background: Good sibling relationships in adulthood are known to be a protective factor for mental health. The quality of these relationships is influence by the sibship's inherent characteristics (e.g., birth order, number of brothers and sisters, sex composition, age gaps). The present study explored whether these same determinants can help to explain how individuals experience their relationship with a sibling who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Method: A total of 374 adults completed the Adult Sibling Relationship Questionnaire, a scale that probes the quality of these relationships on three dimensions: warmth, conflict, and rivalry. We also collected sociodemographic data and information about family structure from each of the participants. Participants were divided into two matched groups: nonclinical sibling group (n = 187) or schizophrenia sibling group (n = 187). Regression analyses were conducted to extract possible predictors of sibling relationship quality for each group. Further regression analyses then focused exclusively on relationships with an ill sibling, in order to study the role of disease-related variables in explaining each of the three dimensions. Results: Results showed that sociodemographic and family structure data explained a significant proportion of variance in the sibling relationship, but solely for nonclinical siblings. When participants had a sibling with schizophrenia, we found that diseaserelated variables (symptom severity, frequency of treatment) also had to be included to predict the conflict dimension. Conclusions: Our results suggest that feelings of conflict experienced by the schizophrenia sibling group were fueled by the symptoms the ill person displayed. Healthy brothers and sisters probably have only a poor understanding of these symptoms. This could be improved by supporting them and helping them learn more about the disease. Future research will have to prove that providing such support for siblings does indeed improve the quality of their sibling relationships and, by so doing, enhance the wellbeing of both members of a sibling dyad.

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“…In one of the studies 43.3% of the siblings reported having previous psychological problems compared to the healthy control individuals where none reported having had any psychological problems (Pierazzuoli et al, 2020). Siblings also reported experiencing more emotional distress (effect size d = 0.18) (Plessis et al, 2020), and a higher rate of family history of psychiatric disorder (89.7% versus 10.3%) (Pierazzuoli et al, 2020).…”

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“…Overall, the quality of the sibling relationship was found to be poorer for the sibling group than for the healthy control individuals (effect size d = 1.16 for objective burden and d = 1.81 for subjective burden) in Barak and Solomon (2005). The effect sized ranged from d = 0.15 to d = 0.44 for warmth, conflict and rivalry) in Plessis et al, (2020). The quality of the relationship reported by the sibling declined after the debut of the severe mental illness, whereas during the same period the sibling relationship improved for the normal comparison group.…”

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Mental Health and Well-being in Adolescent and Adult Siblings of Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Scoping review

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Fjermestad,

Haugland

2024

J Child Fam Stud

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Systematic knowledge about siblings of persons with mental illness is needed. The aim of this literature review was to gain knowledge about the mental health and well-being of siblings of individuals with severe mental illness (i.e., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, psychosis) and factors associated with sibling outcomes. We reviewed quantitative studies published between 1990 and 2022 where siblings aged >12 years were compared to healthy control individuals. Eleven studies were included (combined sibling n = 1736). Seven of the 11 studies reported solely more negative outcomes for siblings than for healthy control individuals. Two studies reported both more negative and more positive sibling outcomes, with one study reported solely more positive outcomes and one no difference between siblings and healthy control individuals. The studies reporting negative outcomes had the highest methodological quality. The following factors were associated with sibling outcomes; demographic factors, i.e., age, sex, and number of siblings in the family, contextual factors, i.e., having contact with health care professionals due to own mental health problems, and characteristics of the sibling with severe mental illness, i.e., premorbid adjustment. The findings show that a family system approach with interventions addressing the entire family is indicated when a person is treated for severe mental illness. Further research on sibling outcomes should address methodological challenges such as poor representativeness and a wide age range in samples and use well-validated outcome measures. Factors associated with sibling outcomes should be examined further to increase the understanding of risk and protective factors in siblings.

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“…Низка досліджень показує роль стосунків між сиблінгами під час хвороби або інвалідності одного з них. У цих роботах виявлені як позитивні чинники підтримки з боку сестри/брата для хворого, так і погіршення стосунків між ними та страждання, які відчуває здоровий сиблінг внаслідок захворюванні іншого (Bowman et al, 2014;Plessis et al, 2020;Silvén Hagström & Toft, 2019;Tabler et al, 2018).…”

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"Sister with Sister, Like a Fish with Water": Individual Psychological Characteristics and Relationships of Women-Siblings Depending on the Growth Conditions in Their Family

2021

Visnyk of v. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. A Series of Psychology

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Relationships and individual psychological features of siblings are one of the least studied areas of family psychology. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of interpersonal relationships of sisters, the connection of these relationships with the order of sisters’ birth, other probable family factors and the ability of sisters to coquetry. Methods: 1) Osgood's method of semantic differential was used to identify attitudes towards herself and her sister; 2) the form of growth factors in the family developed by the authors, and 3) questionnaire of women’s adaptive potential in relationship with men (questionnaire of women coquetry) to measure the ability to coquetry of O.L. Lutsenko, V.V. Volchanova. The form collected data about women’s age, education, social status, presence and number of children, marital status, presence of divorce in the parental family, religious affiliation and the degree of religion significance in life (open questions). Questions with a 5-point Likert scale were about: satisfaction with physical condition (health status), satisfaction with financial status, satisfaction with social relations, spiritual satisfaction, the degree of attachment to a sister, father, mother; degree of support from the father, mother; degree of competition with a sister in childhood - up to 18 years old; the degree of envy (unfair luck) towards the sister; degree of loyalty to free discussion of sexual topics in the family; the degree of participation in the teaching of coquetry by a sister, mother, others. As a result, the adaptive and compensatory role of female coquetry to increase the financial position of women was confirmed. In conditions of low welfare, lack of parental support, the degree of coquetry increases. Mother also teaches her daughter more coquetry in the case of divorce. Women value learning to be coquettish: a sister rates her sister higher if she teaches her to be coquettish. The highest level of coquetry is associated with the perception of herself as a strong woman, i.e. as a resource. The assessment of a sister’s activity was found to be included in various relationships with other family factors, which indicates the importance of this characteristic in the relationship of female siblings. When sisters have the greater age difference, they treat each other better, that was explained by the reduction of competition between them. The older sister traditionally performs more functions in the family, because of which she may feel more envious of her sister, jealous of her mother, and consider herself as more active. At the same time, older sisters treat younger ones better, evaluate them higher than their younger counterparts.

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Comparison of relationships among French adult siblings with or without schizophrenia using the ASRQ-S: mediating effect on emotional distress

Cited by 5 publications

References 73 publications

Explaining Differences Between Sibling Relationships in Schizophrenia and Nonclinical Sibling Relationships

Explaining Differences Between Sibling Relationships in Schizophrenia and Nonclinical Sibling Relationships

Mental Health and Well-being in Adolescent and Adult Siblings of Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Scoping review

"Sister with Sister, Like a Fish with Water": Individual Psychological Characteristics and Relationships of Women-Siblings Depending on the Growth Conditions in Their Family

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