The focus of this qualitative study is the way siblings of children with autism experience their
nuclear family. Five participants in their middle childhood (6 to 12 years), with a younger sibling
with autism, participated in the study. Individual unstructured interviews were conducted with all
participants to describe their experience of their family. The interviews were, with the consent of
the parents and children, video-recorded and transcribed. Eight recurring themes were identified
in the transcriptions and studied relative to the existing literature. True to the qualitative nature
of this study, the aim was not to generalize the findings, but to give each of the participants the
opportunity to tell his/her story. The result of this study is the detailed description of how
siblings of children with autism experience their nuclear family. / Social Work / M.Diac.(Play Therapy)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/1669 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Louw, Derine |
| Contributors | Van Wyk, C. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (x, 293 leaves) |
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