20.500.12556/RUL-135234 Promoting mental health and well-being among adolescent young carers in Europe a randomized controlled trial protocol It is estimated that 4–8% of youth in Europe carry out substantial care for a family member or significant other. To prevent adverse psychosocial outcomes in young carers (YCs), primary prevention resilience building interventions have been recommended. We describe the study protocol of an international randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an innovative group intervention designed to promote the mental health and well-being of adolescent YCs (AYCs) aged 15–17. The RCT will be conducted in six European countries in the context of the Horizon 2020 European funded research and innovation project “Psychosocial support for promoting mental health and well-being among adolescent young caregivers in Europe” (“ME-WE”). The ME-WE intervention is based on Hayes and Ciarrochi’s psychoeducational model for adolescents and will consist of seven 2-h sessions in a group format, aimed to help AYCs build psychological flexibility and live according to their values. The control group will be a waitlist. Primary and secondary outcomes and control variables will be measured at baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1) and 3 months follow-up (T2). The COVID-19 pandemic has made amendments necessary to the original study protocol methodology, which we describe in detail. This study will contribute to building an evidence-based manualized program that educators and health and social care professionals can use to support AYCs in their transition to adulthood. From a research perspective, the outcomes of this study will contribute to evidence-based practices in primary prevention of psychosocial difficulties in AYCs and will gather novel knowledge on the effectiveness of Hayes and Ciarrochi’s model for use with middle adolescents with caring responsibilities. The trial has been preregistered (registration number: NCT04114864). adolescent young carers primary prevention intervention mental health well-being resilience psychoeducational model acceptance and commitment therapy randomized controlled trial study protocol cross-national study neformalna oskrba neformalni oskrbovalci najstniki duševno zdravje osebna blaginja Evropa true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-03-02 09:23:00 2022-03-02 09:23:07 2022-09-14 04:12:20 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 23 str. iss. 4, art. 2045 Vol. 18 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 364 1660-4601 10.3390/ijerph18042045 52575491 RAZ_Casu_Giulia_2021.pdf RAZ_Casu_Giulia_2021.pdf 1 0438D30754C6C12485266655182E07A3 802e791fdb34a755b638d3ab68a2c07a474b5c57c9b5b0802e881cc02417cda0 1ea8e9f3-9a02-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154173 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/2045 0 f1f8c541-9a01-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=154172 Fakulteta za družbene vede Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0