Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: Expectations about future caregiving roles

Matthew J. Smith; Jan S. Greenberg; Marsha Mailick Seltzer

doi:10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.29

Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: Expectations about future caregiving roles

Matthew J. Smith^*, Jan S. Greenberg, Marsha Mailick Seltzer

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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	29-37
Number of pages	9
Journal	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Volume	77
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.29
State	Published - Jan 2007

Keywords

Caregiver gains
Family caregiving
Mental illness
Schizophrenia
Sibling relationships

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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