| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 105 === The purpose of this study was to inquire the growth process and career development of individuals with intellectually disabled sibling in their context. For data collection, in-depth interviews were conducted respectively with four non-disabled objects of study. Methods of qualitative research was adopted. The results could be summarized as follows:
(1)In a family, parents and the intellectually disabled child will affect values and attitudes of the non-disabled sibling, in ways according to each family's environment and members' individual differences. All non-disabled siblings have encoutered challenges of accepting the member with intellectual disabilties and crisis of self-identity; while the former differ in speed, the latter could be influenced by atmosphere in the family, self-efficacy, and the parents' personalities.
(2)Inequivalence is experienced in the interactions between siblings: mostly the non-disabled sibling have to take care and keep company of the intellectually disabled one, while the latter provides the former with passive emotional support. Autocratic rather than democratic rearing pratices is more likely to cause sense of unfairness. The non-disabled sibling often is deemed as surrogate parent, and bears double expectations from the parents.
(3)The family's environment, the parents, and the intellectually disabled child all have impact on the non-disabled sibling's career development, with “the parents” being the most influential factor. However, non-disabled siblings do not always inclined to pursue service-oriented career; and each of them faces different difficulties upon career decisions. Generally, the intellectually disabled child will make the non-disabled sibling more likely to acquire special knowledge about intellectual disabilites, and more likely to attain a perservering attitude on work.
Based on the above results, the researcher put forward personal reflections and suggestions for relevant personnel and further studies.
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