Individual-Level Risk and Resilience Factors Associated with Mental Health in Siblings of Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Conditions: A Network Analysis
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2023
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Wolff, B.
Franco, V.R.
Magiati, I.
Cooper, M.N.
Roberts, R.
Skoss, R.
Glasson, E.J.
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Developmental Neuropsychology, 2023; 48(3):112-134
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Brittany Wolff, Vithor R. Franco, Iliana Magiati, Matthew N. Cooper, Rachel Roberts, Rachel Skoss, and Emma J. Glasson
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Siblings of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) are exposed to unique family environments and experience a range of psychosocial risk and resilience factors. Networks of self-reported risk, resilience, and neuropsychiatric variables were estimated for siblings of individuals with (n = 235) and without (n = 480) NDCs (N = 715, mean age 22.40 years, 76% female, 74% White Caucasian). The NDC group reported more depressive (g = 0.39) and anxious (g = 0.43) symptoms than controls, and 71.5% of the NDC group reported at least one neuropsychiatric diagnosis compared to 36.9% of controls. Self-reported sleep and post-traumatic stress disorders were high amongst NDC siblings. Everyday executive functioning difficulties (cognitive inflexibility, hyperactivity/impulsivity) and emotion dysregulation were the most influential transdiagnostic risk factors for poorer functioning within the NDC group network.
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Published March 2023
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