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International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development
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2024, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Part E
Well siblings psycho-social behaviour and disability: A study on perception, attitude and social support for well sibling of disabled children

Arogyaasha A Shali and Dr. Manjula Patil

Well siblings of disabled children from both urban and rural areas of Gadag and Dharwad taluk of Northern Karnataka were selected for the study. A total of 86 well siblings were the population for the study. Sibling and Parent Perception Questionnaire (SPQ; Carpenter and Sahler, 1991), Siblings Attitudes toward Disability Questionnaire (SADQ: De Caroli and Sagone, 2008), Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS: Malecki and Demaray, 2004) and Socio-economic status by Aggarwal et al. (2005) was used to assess the well siblings perceptions, attitude and social support. Results revealed that in rural and urban area well siblings with lower perception majority were in abnormal level of psycho-social behaviour. Well siblings with lower perception with low mean scores on psycho-social behaviour. Well siblings with lower attitude majority of them were in abnormal level of psycho-social behaviour. In both rural and urban area well siblings with lower social support were in abnormal level followed by borderline of psycho-social behaviour. Social support showed significant association with psycho-social behaviour of well siblings in both rural and urban area.
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International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development
How to cite this article:
Arogyaasha A Shali, Dr. Manjula Patil. Well siblings psycho-social behaviour and disability: A study on perception, attitude and social support for well sibling of disabled children. Int J Agric Extension Social Dev 2024;7(3):410-414. DOI: 10.33545/26180723.2024.v7.i3e.442
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