BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Human Developmental Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1555895
This article is part of the Research TopicSiblinghood Through Any Disability: The State of the Art and Future DirectionsView all 7 articles
The sibling relationship in Visual Impairment: investigating their bond with a focus on the role of social play
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- 2Robert Hollman Foundation, Padova, Italy
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Social play has a key role in the development of social skills in child development, especially in early and middle childhood through peer interaction. Siblings serve very often as children's first peers, shaping each other's overall development throughout life. This mixed study investigates the quality of sibling relationships by giving voice to siblings with and without visual impairment, with a focus on the role of social play in their daily lives. Our findings confirm a harmonious relationship quality and the importance of social play in the sibling bond, suggesting that social play may serve as a protective factor for their mental health.
Keywords: Social play, Siblings, visual impairment, Sibling relationship, Children, relationship quality
Received: 05 Jan 2025; Accepted: 18 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Battistin, Zanatta, Zanardo, Mercuriali and Reffo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Tiziana Battistin, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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