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    Well-being of Siblings of Children with

    Disabilities: A Study in Puducherry District

    Madhusudanan.S
    Ph.D. Research Scholar (UGC- SRF)
    Department of Social Work
    Pondicherry Central University
    Puducherry- 605014
    [email protected]
    Well-being
    • childhood wellbeing is multi-dimensional, should include dimensions of physical,
    emotional and social wellbeing (Statham & Chase, 2010)

    • “A state of happiness and contentment, with low levels of distress, overall good physical
    and mental health and outlook, or good quality of life” (VandenBos, 2015)

    • “A complex, multi-faceted construct that has continued to elude researchers” (Pollard &
    Lee, 2003)

    • The balance point between an individual’s resource pool (psychological, social, physical) & the
    challenges faced (Dodge et al, 2012)

    27/May/2020 Madhusudanan.S, Ph.D. Scholar, Pondicherry University 2


    Need for Sibling Research
    • The area of sibling is little researched one (Sanders, 2004)

    • Attention to sibling ties can unveil uncovered aspects of everyday intimacy that are little
    researched (Edwards et al., 2006)

    • Nartey (2013) study found out that positive sibling relationship predicts psychological
    well-being

    • The negligence of the significance of sibling relationship is seen in the field of disability,
    family law, social services and in education settings (Milevsky, 2016).

    27/May/2020 Madhusudanan.S, Ph.D. Scholar, Pondicherry University 3


    Variables in my Research
    • Understanding sibling’s disability

    • Sibling relationship

    • Social attitude toward disability

    • Age-spacing

    • Gender

    • Birth Order

    27/May/2020 Madhusudanan.S, Ph.D. Scholar, Pondicherry University 4


    Sibling Relationship
    • Long lasting & most influencing relationship

    • an emotion-based special relationship

    • intense, long term, cyclical and complex

    • provide a context for learning social skills

    • a continuing relationship from which there is no annulment

    • can be studied as a ‘dyad relationship’

    27/May/2020 Madhusudanan.S, Ph.D. Scholar, Pondicherry University 5


    Nine types of Siblings (Elgar and Head, 1999)
    Common Common history, family
    Types Common Legal status
    genes values and culture

    Full siblings brought up together Yes Yes Yes

    Full siblings brought up apart/separated during childhood Yes Some Yes

    Full siblings, one placed away from another at birth Yes No Yes (unless adopted)

    Half-siblings brought up together Some Yes No

    Half-siblings brought up apart/separated during childhood Some Some No

    Half-siblings, brought
    up by one parent - Some No No
    never lived with half-siblings

    Adopted children No Some Yes

    Step-siblings No Some No

    Foster children (non-related children) No Some No


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    My Experience
    • Very few special schools maintain a family tree of the children with
    disabilities

    • Very few NGOs have included siblings in the interventions

    • Social and psychological aspects form the dimensions of well-being

    • Siblings without disability- invisible population


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