Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research

Sibel Çaynak; İlkay Keser; Şeyma Demiralay; Şerife Bilge Duran

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Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research

Abstract

This study aims to identify the life experiences of individuals who have intellectually disabled siblings and their views on this situation. 10 individuals participated in the study. The design of this study is qualitative research; we used a semi-structured interview form for data collection. Ethical approval of the study and individual consent of the participants was obtained. We performed a thematic analysis in analysing the data. We conducted the study under three categories: thinking, emotion/behaviour and coping; and eight main themes: having a disabled sibling, thoughts about the attitude of people around, feelings about having a disabled sibling, the way of showing love to the disabled sibling, experiencing difficulties in the family, experiencing difficulties in making explanations to the people around, practices they perform in the face of difficulties. Although having an intellectually disabled sibling is challenging for the non-disabled sibling, it is also enabling them to gain maturity and developmental features.

Keywords

Intellectual disability, sibling, qualitative study

Supporting Institution

Funding Statement: This research is funded by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Akdeniz University (Project code: TSA-2020-5322)

Ethical Statement

This research is funded by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Akdeniz University (Project code: TSA-2020-5322)

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sociology of Health, Health Psychology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sibel Çaynak
0000-0002-1579-0696
Türkiye

İlkay Keser ^*
0000-0001-6595-4188
Türkiye

Şeyma Demiralay
0000-0002-5177-1919
Türkiye

Şerife Bilge Duran
0000-0001-9343-8789
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

September 10, 2025

Publication Date

December 23, 2025

Submission Date

December 31, 2024

Acceptance Date

July 1, 2025

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Year 2025 Volume: 42 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32600/huefd.1610698

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APA

Çaynak, S., Keser, İ., Demiralay, Ş., & Duran, Ş. B. (2025). Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 42(2), 478-489. https://doi.org/10.32600/huefd.1610698

AMA

1.Çaynak S, Keser İ, Demiralay Ş, Duran ŞB. Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research. HUJFL. 2025;42(2):478-489. doi:10.32600/huefd.1610698

Chicago

Çaynak, Sibel, İlkay Keser, Şeyma Demiralay, and Şerife Bilge Duran. 2025. “Living With My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research”. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 42 (2): 478-89. https://doi.org/10.32600/huefd.1610698.

EndNote

Çaynak S, Keser İ, Demiralay Ş, Duran ŞB (December 1, 2025) Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 42 2 478–489.

IEEE

[1]S. Çaynak, İ. Keser, Ş. Demiralay, and Ş. B. Duran, “Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research”, HUJFL, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 478–489, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.32600/huefd.1610698.

ISNAD

Çaynak, Sibel - Keser, İlkay - Demiralay, Şeyma - Duran, Şerife Bilge. “Living With My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research”. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 42/2 (December 1, 2025): 478-489. https://doi.org/10.32600/huefd.1610698.

JAMA

1.Çaynak S, Keser İ, Demiralay Ş, Duran ŞB. Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research. HUJFL. 2025;42:478–489.

MLA

Çaynak, Sibel, et al. “Living With My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research”. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 42, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 478-89, doi:10.32600/huefd.1610698.

Vancouver

1.Sibel Çaynak, İlkay Keser, Şeyma Demiralay, Şerife Bilge Duran. Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research. HUJFL. 2025 Dec. 1;42(2):478-89. doi:10.32600/huefd.1610698

Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research

Living with My Intellectually Disabled Sibling: A Qualitative Research

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