Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
Preethy K. Kumar Research Scholar Email: preethysky@gmail.com
Dr. G. Thamilvanan Associate Professor and Head Email:mgthamilvanan@gmail.com
Dr. K. Mohanasundaram Professor, Dept. of Education, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University), Thanjavur. Tamil Nadu, Email: dr.k.mohanasundaram@gmail.com
Vol 17, No 10 ( 2022 ) | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7181242 | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no:1729-1740 | Published on: 10-10-2022
Abstract
When a child is born with a disability or diagnosed with a disability, the whole family is impacted, especially the primary caretakers, parents and their siblings.The Objective of the present study was to find out behavioural problems among the siblings of children with disabilities. The investigator conducted a normative survey. The sample of the study was siblings of children with disabilities (autism, mental retardation, hearing impairment and visual impairment). The total sample size was 120 and 30 from each of the disabilities from Kerala state. The tool used were Child Behaviour Check List for Ages 6-18 Malayalam (Achenbach.T.M, 2010) and Personal Data sheet. The data were analyzed with the descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA statistical techniques. The findings of the study reveals that Type of disability and Boarding place of disabled is a significant factor in sibling’s behavioural problem. The result of the study will help families with disabled children, professionals in this field and policy makers in order to overcome this problem.
Keywords:
Behavioural problems, Siblings and disabilities.