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The Predictors of Sibling Relationship of Adults with Intellectual Disability: Analysis Based on Mediation Effect of Contact Motivation

LIANG Luyin   

  1. School of Politics & Law, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510520, China
  • Received:2020-06-16 Online:2021-03-15 Published:2021-03-29

Abstract: Sibling relationship has an important impact on the physical and mental development of people with intellectual disability(ID). Through survey of 1298 healthy adults who have siblings with ID, it is set to analyze their contact behavior and (duty and voluntary) motivation in the sibling relationship, related predictors, and examine the mediation effect of contact motivation in the relationship. It is found that contact motivations are significantly related with contact behaviors among siblings. Contact motivations are affected by factors such as gender, age, martial status, economic condition, number of children and housing arrangement, while contact behaviors are affected by factors such as martial status, economic conditions, deformity level of ID siblings and housing arrangements. The mediation effect of contact motivation is obviously existent and the influence of duty motivation is more apparent. The study indicates that giving importance to the psychological motivation in the interactions of healthy siblings with ID ones will help us know the development of the relationship and predict the probability of healthy siblings participating in the family care of ID ones. Disability social work should pay more attention to the effect of sibling relationship in family service.

Key words: adult with intellectual disability, sibling relationship, contact motivation, contact behavior, mediation effect

CLC Number: 

  • C916
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