The effect of developmental disabilities on the externalizing behavior of siblings

Early intervention for children with developmental disabilities or delays has become an important topic in the fields of education and psychology. Equally as important are the effects on children who are typically developing if one or more of their siblings is a child with a disability. Particularly of interest in this study was the level of externalizing behavior displayed by the typically developing siblings of children who have disabilities; This study compared the externalizing behavior (measured by the CBCL) of 16 siblings of children who have developmental disabilities with the externalizing behavior of 14 siblings of children who are typically developing. The expected findings, that children with a sibling with a disability, especially males, would exhibit higher levels of externalizing behavior than children who did not have a sibling with a disability, were not statistically significant. Results were discussed in significant. Results were discussed in relation to previous research of siblings of children with a disability.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2000

Author dc:creator

• Kostelec, Tiffany Kara

Contributors dc:contributor

• Russell Hurlburt

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1121

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2120