Siblings of the Child with a Life-Threatening Illness.

Sourkes, Barbara M.

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ERIC Number: EJ372862

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Publication Date: 1987

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Siblings of the Child with a Life-Threatening Illness.

Sourkes, Barbara M.

Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, v19 n3-4 p159-84 Spr 1987

The experience of siblings of a child with a life-threatening illness may be seen at the juncture of the following perspectives: (1) the family system; (2) a focus on living rather than on dying; and (3) a view toward positive adaptation rather than toward psychopathology. The most critical focus is on the sibling-patient relationship itself. (BJV)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cancer, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes, Coping, Death, Diseases, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Relationship, Personality, Siblings, Social Cognition

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Language: English

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