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Emotional–Behavioral Disorders in Healthy Siblings of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Daniela RussoMichele RoccellaFrancesco PrecenzanoRosa MarottaLuigi VetriMarco CarotenutoFrancesco CerroniMariarosaria CaliendoValentina Lanzara

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MaleMedicine (General)Coping (psychology)Emotional fragilityAdolescentmedia_common.quotation_subjectautism spectrum disordersEmotional disordereducationfraternal relationshipInterpersonal communicationArticlePsychological health03 medical and health sciencesR5-9200302 clinical medicineDown’s syndromeSDQAdaptation PsychologicalmedicineHumansSibling RelationsPersonality0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesbehavioral disordersSiblingAutism spectrum disorderChildsiblingsmedia_commonbusiness.industry05 social sciencesGeneral Medicineemotional disordermedicine.diseaseSettore MED/39 - Neuropsichiatria Infantileautism spectrum disorders; Down’s syndrome; SDQ; siblings; fraternal relationship; emotional disorder; behavioral disordersNeurodevelopmental DisordersAutism spectrum disorderBehavioral disorderAutism spectrum disorders Behavioral disorders Down’s syndrome Emotional disorder Fraternal relationship SDQ Siblingsbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychology

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Background and Objectives: Siblings of disabled children are more at risk of developing mental illnesses. More than 50 international studies show that about 8% of children and adolescents suffer from a mental disorder, which is almost always a source of difficulties both at the interpersonal level (in the family and with peers) and at school. Healthy siblings of children with disabilities are one of the groups most at risk for consequences in psychological health and well-being. As some authors suggest, siblings build their idea of &ldquo

10.3390/medicina56100491http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56100491