Superordinate Theme 3: The Impact of Having a Brother or Sister with a Life-Limiting or Life-Threatening Condition on Siblings’ Relationships with Family, Friendship Groups and School Systems Subordinate Emergent Illuminatory Themes Themes Quotes Relationships with Sibling relationship SIBLINGS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO NEED Brothers and Sisters important Siblings engage in Interviewer: Can you tell me about Mi [brother]? activities related to Molly: Erm….he sometimes does do signs with me. need Interviewer: Does he, he does signs, ok, what sort of signs? Siblings engage in Molly: Hello and, and I watch Mr Tumble with him and it we, today we just done some erm signing to show typical activities my Mum. (Lines 1-5) together Providing help for SIBLINGS ENGAGE IN TYPICAL ACTIVITIES TOGETHER unwell sibling Spending time Lucy: Erm we sometimes play music together if I’m playing the piano and then she might play the flute and together then sometimes we play outside in the garden and stuff and make up games and inside and play board Jealousy/bitterness games and stuff, yeah… (Lines 19-22) Siblings want to spend time together Lauren: …when we when I do go over to like you know sit with him or anything like that we watch a film or I haven’t known her you know, he likes to play erm with Lego as well, little Lego things erm and we have a go with that without having it sometimes… (Lines 58-61) Separate identities Sibling rivalry Understanding as a
Superordinate Theme 3: The Impact of Having a Brother or Sister with a Life-Limiting or Life-Threatening Condition on Siblings’ Relationships with Family, Friendship Groups and School Systems Subordinate Themes Emergent Themes Illuminatory Quotes Relationships with Brothers and Sisters Sibling relationship important Siblings engage in activities related to need Siblings engage in typical activities together Providing help for unwell sibling Spending time together Jealousy/bitterness Siblings want to spend time together I haven’t known her without having it Separate identities Sibling rivalry Understanding as a SIBLINGS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO NEED Interviewer: Can you tell me about Mi [brother]? Molly: Erm….he sometimes does do signs with me. Interviewer: Does he, he does signs, ok, what sort of signs? Molly: Hello and, and I watch Mr Tumble with him and it we, today we just done some erm signing to show my Mum. (Lines 1-5) SIBLINGS ENGAGE IN TYPICAL ACTIVITIES TOGETHER Lucy: Erm we sometimes play music together if I’m playing the piano and then she might play the flute and then sometimes we play outside in the garden and stuff and make up games and inside and play board games and stuff, yeah… (Lines 19-22) Lauren: …when we when I do go over to like you know sit with him or anything like that we watch a film or you know, he likes to play erm with Lego as well, little Lego things erm and we have a go with that sometimes… (Lines 58-61)
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