Impact of Growing Up with a Chronically Ill Sibling on Well Siblings' Late Adolescent Functioning

Table 4

Siblings’ responses to the question “How about now, do you have any fears or worries that stem from your sibling’s illness?”.

Theme	𝑁 (%)	Quotation
No fears	24 (60)
Sibling’s health	8 (20)	“You know I probably worry for her more just knowing she only has one kidney and don’t want to hurt that-don’t want anything to happen to it”
Sibling’s death	4 (10)	“Um, I’m afraid that he’s gonna die, really a lot sooner than I think he should…and that’s kinda hard, he’s like one of my best friends”
Disease worry	4 (10)	“I guess I do kind of worry about like cancer, most people my age don’t…but just in general I do”
Own future	5 (12.5)	“That maybe I’ll have a child that will have problems, I think about that a lot”