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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2003, 14th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 12th, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PMThe Effects of a Parent-Child CommunicationIntervention on the Worries of Siblings of Childrenwith AutismErin L. O'NeillIllinois Wesleyan UniversityLinda Kunce, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Erin L. O'Neill and Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor, "The Effects of a Parent-Child Communication Intervention on theWorries of Siblings of Children with Autism" (April 12, 2003). John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference. Paper 11.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2003/posters2/11THE TOHN WESLEY POWELL STlJDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRIL 2003 Poster Presentation P30 THE EFFECTS OF A PARENT-CHILD COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION ON THE WORRIES OF SmLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM Erin L. O'Neill and Linda Kunce* Department of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University This study is designed to assess the effects of two different parent-child activities on the siblings of children with autism. Existing research suggests that the experience of having an autistic child in the family is highly variable and may have negative outcomes for the typical sibling. The difficulty in predicting sibling outcome may be caused by the lack of a theoretical framework organizing the factors hypothetically affecting sibling coping abilities, therefore a stress and coping model of siblings of children with autism is provided. Currently, there has been only limited information reporting successful intervention efforts for this population. This study attempts to correct many of the limitations of previous sibling intervention studies by including a larger sample size, objective measures, a control group, and parental involvement in the intervention. Participants are siblings of children with autism and their parents. This study uses a between groups design to evaluate the worries of sibling of children with autism after a brief one-time intervention. One group will complete a workbook focused on autism­specific worries, while another group of parent-child pairs will play games together. The children in each group will complete a questionnaire about their autism-related worries at the end of the activity. 

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