Publication Date
2002
Abstract
This study was designed to obtain objective results about the effects of two different parent-child activities on the siblings of children with autism. Participants were eighteen 6-13 year-old siblings of children with autism and their parents. One group of parent-child pairs completed a workbook focused on autism-specific worries, while another group of parent-child pairs played board games together. The children in each group completed a questionnaire about their autism-related worries at the end of the activity. Results demonstrated that the workbook was useful in making parents more aware of specific worries that their children have as shown by a strong correlation between child report of worries and parent report of child's worries.
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Irwin '02, Sara M., "The Effects of a Parent-Child Communication Activity on the Worries of Siblings of Children with Autism" (2002). Honors Projects. 7.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/psych_honproj/7