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      Siblings of Children with Autism: the Siblings Embedded Systems Framework

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          Purpose of Review

          A range of interacting factors/mechanisms at the individual, family, and wider systems levels influences siblings living in families where one sibling has autism. We introduce the Sibling Embedded Systems Framework which aims to contextualise siblings’ experience and characterise the multiple and interacting factors influencing family and, in particular, sibling outcomes.

          Recent Findings

          Findings from studies that have reported outcomes for siblings of children with autism are equivocal, ranging from negative impact, no difference, to positive experience. This is likely due to the complex nature of understanding the sibling experience. We focus on particular elements of the framework and review recent novel literature to help guide future directions for research and practice including the influence of culture, methodological considerations, and wider participatory methods.

          Summary

          The Siblings Embedded System Framework can be used to understand interactive factors that affect sibling adjustment and to develop clinically, educationally and empirically based work that aims to enhance and support sibling adjustment, relationships, and well-being in families of children with autism.

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          Contributors
          H.Kovshoff@soton.ac.uk
          Journal
          Curr Dev Disord Rep
          Curr Dev Disord Rep
          Current Developmental Disorders Reports
          Springer International Publishing (Cham )
          2196-2987
          18 May 2017
          18 May 2017
          2017
          : 4
          : 2
          : 37-45
          Affiliations
          [1 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1936 9297, GRID grid.5491.9, Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, Developmental Lab, Department of Psychology, , University of Southampton, ; Southampton, S017 1BJ UK
          [2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7988, GRID grid.4305.2, Institute for Education, Community & Society, Moray House School of Education, , The University of Edinburgh, ; Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ UK
          [3 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8809 1613, GRID grid.7372.1, Centre for Educational, Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), Phd, Faculty of Social Sciences, , University of Warwick, ; Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
          Article
          110
          10.1007/s40474-017-0110-5
          5488140
          c8180797-5768-4a25-9e28-caa475b325e5
          © The Author(s) 2017

          Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

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          Funding
          Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000739, University of Southampton;
          Categories
          Autism Spectrum (A Richdale, Section Editor)
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          © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

          autism,sibling,well-being,family systems,sibling relationships,framework

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