Predictors of Long-Term Sibling Behavioral Outcome and Self-Esteem Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Abstract

Educating uninjured siblings about TBI and raising awareness of their needs in members of their social support network may be important in facilitating sibling behavioral outcome.

Regaining equilibrium: Understanding the process of sibling adjustment to pediatric acquired brain injury.

“…In addition, the sibling relationship is potentially longer and more egalitarian than other family relationships (Cicirelli, 1991), which can predispose them to more pro-found impacts. It is therefore surprising that relatively little research has examined the impact on siblings following ABI with respect to the perspectives of both adult (Degeneffe, Gagne, & Tucker, 2013) and pediatric (Sambuco, Brookes, Catroppa, & Lah, 2012) populations.…”

Australian parent and sibling perspectives on the impact of paediatric acquired brain injury on family relationships during the first 6 weeks at home

“…Changes in an injured child's behaviour can leave siblings feeling embarrassed and socially isolated amongst their peers (Fay & Barker‐Collo, 2003). Siblings experience a disruption to their emotional equilibrium, are at‐risk of adverse psychological outcomes with internalised feelings of worry, low‐self‐esteem and anxiety (Bursnall et al, 2018; Sambuco et al, 2012). These emotional responses are often exacerbated if siblings have been present or witnessed the injury event.…”

Families’ Experiences Living with Acquired Brain Injury: “Thinking Family”—A Nursing Pathway for Family-Centered Care

“…While the impact of ABI on individuals and families, and their corresponding sense of losses, has been well documented, generating knowledge and understanding of families' experiences of living with ABI has largely derived from examination of the subsystems within families-to either present their views of the family or provide their own perceptions of being in the family. Subsystems studied have included the individual with the ABI [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]; the caregiver or primary family carer [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], children [19][20][21][22][23], siblings [24][25][26][27][28], and the marital relationship [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Whilst the subsystem research has provided further understanding of individuals' experiences living with ABI, a family systems approach that studies the family in interaction with each other is limited.…”