Rosita Brolin (Avtor), Elizabeth Hanson (Avtor), Lennart Magnusson (Avtor), Feylyn Mercedies Lewis (Avtor), Tom Parkhouse (Avtor), Valentina Hlebec (Avtor), Sara Santini (Avtor), Renske Hoefman (Avtor), Agnes Leu (Avtor), Saul Becker (Avtor)

Povzetek

Prior studies emphasize the value of friends’ support for children/adolescents who have a disability or suffer from mental ill-health or a long-term illness. However, few studies have explored how a caring role affects those young friend carers themselves. This paper addresses a gap in the research by focusing on this hitherto neglected group of young carers to explore the impact of providing care to friends. An online survey was employed for a cross-national study conducted in 2018–2019 in Sweden, Italy, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to examine the incidence of adolescent young friend carers, the extent of care they provide, and their self-reported health, well-being, and school situation. The survey was completed by 7146 adolescents, aged 15–17, and 1121 of them provided care to a friend with a health-related condition, most frequently mental ill-health. They carried out high levels of caring activities, and a quarter of them also provided care to a family member. They experienced both positive and negative aspects of caring. Nevertheless, in comparison with adolescents who provided care to family members, they reported more health problems, with a dominance of mental ill-health, and they received lower levels of support. Since adolescent friends play a valuable role for young people with health-related conditions, especially mental ill-health, it is important to find ways of optimizing their caring experiences in order that those adolescents who choose to care for a friend can do so without it having a negative impact on their own mental health, well-being, and life situation.

Ključne besede

young friend carer;young carer;school outcomes;health;well-being;

Podatki

Jezik: Angleški jezik
Leto izida:
Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija: UL FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
UDK: 364-47-053.6
COBISS: 170711811 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
ISSN: 2227-9032
Št. ogledov: 943
Št. prenosov: 170
Ocena: 0 (0 glasov)
Metapodatki: JSON JSON-RDF JSON-LD TURTLE N-TRIPLES XML RDFA MICRODATA DC-XML DC-RDF RDF

Ostali podatki

Sekundarni jezik: Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede: Dolgotrajna oskrba;Mladostniki;Prijatelji;Zdravje;Dobro počutje;
Vrsta dela (COBISS): Članek v reviji
Strani: str. 1-15
Letnik: ǂVol. ǂ11
Zvezek: ǂissue ǂ21, [article no.] 2876
Čas izdaje: Nov. 2023
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11212876
ID: 20720364