Do sibling relationships protect adolescents in residential care and traditional families from developing psychopathologies?

Mota, Catarina Pinheiro; Serra, Liliana Giusti; Relva, Inês Carvalho; Fernandes, Otí­lia Monteiro

doi:10.1080/13229400.2015.1106333

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“…With the caveat that studies rarely discerned how different country contexts interacted with reasons for entry into residential care specifically, its usage to promote recovery, rehabilitation or ‘treatment’ of children appeared to be a feature of North America and European (North and West) research, while situational factors appeared to be more present (but not exclusively) in research from other areas of the world. Various situational factors associated with separation from parents were discussed, such as death or severe illness of parent(s) during war, epidemics (specifically HIV/AIDS), natural disaster or migration (Caserta et al, 2017; Nsabimana et al, 2019; Pandya, 2018); dire economic situations, poverty or hardship (Baptista et al, 2017; Mota et al, 2017); state policies, societal or cultural norms leading to child abandonment; and family violence, breakdown or substance abuse (Jaramillo et al, 2016; Jozefiak et al, 2017; Rakhlin et al, 2017).…”

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“…It is nevertheless clear from multiple papers that children and young people in institutional care experience negative outcomes or are at a disadvantage compared with their peers living in ‘family‐based’ care environments (such as foster care or formal/informal kinship care) or birth families. This disadvantage was measured in relation to a variety of domains, including behavioural (Humphreys et al 2018; MacKenzie et al, 2017; Nsabimana et al, 2019; Troller‐Renfree et al, 2016), socio‐emotional (Almas et al, 2015; Batki, 2018; Bick et al, 2017; Jaramillo et al, 2016; Mota et al, 2016; Perego et al, 2016; Sherr et al, 2017; Troller‐Renfree et al, 2015), psychological (Almas et al, 2016; Barone et al, 2016; Deambrosio et al, 2017; Humphreys et al 2018; Kennedy et al, 2016; Mota et al, 2017; Rakhlin et al, 2017; Rodrigues et al, 2019; Sherr et al, 2017; Troller‐Renfree et al, 2018; Wade et al, 2018) and medical (Perego et al, 2016; Slopen et al, 2019). Too few studies compared noninstitutional residential care to other settings, to understand if these disadvantages also arise in such residential settings.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Residential care as an alternative care option: A review of literature within a global context

Giraldi

Mitchell

Porter

et al. 2022

Child & Family Social Work

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While there is unequivocal agreement on the need to support families and to avoid all unnecessary separation, there are ongoing debates across policy and practitioner communities nationally and internationally, around the place of residential care within the range of alternative care services which should be available to children who need them. This paper presents the findings of a review of evidence looking at the function, quality and outcomes of residential care based on 111 papers identified for inclusion using systematic searches. The review identifies definitional ambiguity in the use of the terms 'residential' and 'institutional' care in the literature, which, alongside the different cultural, social and economic contexts, makes generalizing challenging. However, we found insufficient evidence to substantiate claims that residential care is inherently unsuitable. We identify research gaps in the literature, including in relation to quality, children's perspectives and factors that impact upon the suitability of residential care for different children, before discussing implications of the findings for research, policy and practice.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Residential care as an alternative care option: A review of literature within a global context

Giraldi

Mitchell

Porter

et al. 2022

Child & Family Social Work

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“…A relação fraterna tem um efeito determinante ao longo do tempo, no comportamento, pensamento e autoconceito de ambos os irmãos (Fernandes et al, 2007;Fernandes, 2016a). Pesquisas apontam que a relação fraterna tem um efeito determinante ao longo do tempo no desenvolvimento socioemocional e cognitivo de ambos os irmãos (Fernandes, 2000;Howe & Recchia, 2006;McHale et al, 2012;Tippett & Wolke, 2015) e parece constituir uma fonte de suporte fundamental na adaptação dos indivíduos a distintos contextos e situações (Mota et al, 2017;Ripoll et al, 2009).…”

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Parental Communication and the Sibling Relationship

Rodrigues

Relva

Fernandes

2022

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The main objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between parental communication and the quality of fraternal relationship in a sample of adolescents. In this sense, an exploratory, quantitative and transversal investigation was carried out, with a sample of 209 adolescents, with siblings, and a Sociobiographical Questionnaire, the Communication Assessment Scale in Parenthood and the Brother-Sister Questionnaire were applied in the classroom context. The results showed that there is a positive association between parental communication and empathy and similarities in fraternal relationship; whereas the expression of affection and emotional support towards the mother positively predicts the maintenance of limits in the fraternal relationship; and metacommunication negatively predicts the maintenance of boundaries between siblings.

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“…Wojciak et al (2018) pointed out that maintaining a positive and warm relationship with a strong affective bond strengthens resilience. On another hand, Mota et al (2017) indicated that, if their behaviour is prosocial, siblings can help prevent the onset of mental health problems, which have a high prevalence in this population. Linares et al (2007) also found a clear relationship between siblings' affective bond and their adaptation.…”

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Characterization of groups of siblings in residential child care in Spain

Martín

González-Navasa

2021

Child & Family Social Work

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International guidelines recommend that groups of siblings remain together when protective measures are taken. Although this is a deeply rooted practice in most countries, research has found no conclusive evidence of the benefits of this practice, so further knowledge in this field is required. This work aims to describe the characterization of groups of siblings in residential child care. The sample consists of 281 children and adolescents who were in residential care, of which 42% were composed of groups of siblings. Case files were analysed, and the main results indicate that those who are cared for with their siblings are younger, have longer stays and have been subjected to neglect to a greater extent than those who are alone and reunification with their family is more complicated than for the rest. These results are discussed with regard to the scientific literature in this field and conclude with the need to carry out preventive actions and to make decision‐making criteria about groups of siblings more flexible.

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Do sibling relationships protect adolescents in residential care and traditional families from developing psychopathologies?

Cited by 17 publications

References 37 publications

Residential care as an alternative care option: A review of literature within a global context

Residential care as an alternative care option: A review of literature within a global context

Parental Communication and the Sibling Relationship

Characterization of groups of siblings in residential child care in Spain

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