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Siblings of adults with schizophrenia: expectations about future caregiving roles
Matthew J Smith1, Jan S Greenberg, Marsha Mailick Seltzer
1Department of Psychiatry, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. matthew@conte.wustl.edu
Abstract:
Sibling expectations to provide future instrumental or emotional support for a brother or sister with schizophrenia when parents became disabled or died were examined. Data came from a sample of 137 siblings participating in a longitudinal study of aging families of adults with schizophrenia. Early socialization experiences, the quality of the sibling relationship, and personal caregiver gains propel siblings toward a future caregiving role, whereas geographic distance and beliefs about the controllability of psychiatric symptoms reduce expectations of future involvement.
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