TY - JOUR
T1 - Sibling Adjustment to Childhood Chronic Illness
T2 - An Integrative Review
AU - Lummer-Aikey, Shannon
AU - Goldstein, Sara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Siblings of children with a chronic illness are among the close family members impacted by childhood chronic illness. Family roles, routines, and functioning are adjusted to fit the needs of the child and family throughout the course of the illness. Empirical articles regarding adjustment of healthy siblings of children with chronic illnesses ages 0 to 17 years, published in 2000 to 2019 were searched on PsycInfo, PubMed, and Medline using the keywords “sibling adjustment,” “sibling chronic,” and “sibling illness.” Through thematic synthesis, four broad topics emerged concerning sibling adjustment to chronic illness: (a) experiences, (b) psychosocial adjustment, (c) coping, and (d) communication. Implications for family nursing and family health practitioners and future research directions are presented.
AB - Siblings of children with a chronic illness are among the close family members impacted by childhood chronic illness. Family roles, routines, and functioning are adjusted to fit the needs of the child and family throughout the course of the illness. Empirical articles regarding adjustment of healthy siblings of children with chronic illnesses ages 0 to 17 years, published in 2000 to 2019 were searched on PsycInfo, PubMed, and Medline using the keywords “sibling adjustment,” “sibling chronic,” and “sibling illness.” Through thematic synthesis, four broad topics emerged concerning sibling adjustment to chronic illness: (a) experiences, (b) psychosocial adjustment, (c) coping, and (d) communication. Implications for family nursing and family health practitioners and future research directions are presented.
KW - childhood chronic illness
KW - integrative review
KW - sibling adjustment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097507059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1074840720977177
DO - 10.1177/1074840720977177
M3 - Article
C2 - 33305651
AN - SCOPUS:85097507059
SN - 1074-8407
VL - 27
SP - 136
EP - 153
JO - Journal of Family Nursing
JF - Journal of Family Nursing
IS - 2
ER -