The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15–17 in six European countries

Lewis, Feylyn Mercedies (author), Becker, Saul (author), Hlebec, Valentina (author), Mrzel, Maja (author)

For the first time, this article will provide a cross-national profile of adolescents who provide unpaid care to their ill or disabled family members in six European countries with varied levels of awareness, policy and service provision regarding adolescent young carers. Utilising an online survey, 2,099 adolescent young carers were identified in Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. This article focuses on the impact of unpaid care on their mental health, well-being, physical health and education. Their preferences for informal and formal support were also examined.These groundbreaking findings help promote a ‘rights’ approach to adolescent young carers, which can serve as a critical driver for supportive policy creation on both a country-specific and pan-European level.

• Language: English
• Keywords: adolescent young carers, well-being, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 6-32
• Numbering: Vol. 7, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136025
• UDC: 364-47-053.6(4)
• ISSN on article: 2397-8821
• DOI: 10.1332/239788222X16455943560342
• COBISS.SI-ID: 104044291
• Publication date in RUL: 07.04.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of care and caring
• Publisher: Policy Press, University of Bristol
• ISSN: 2397-8821
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1234541

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• Description: A creative commons license that bans commercial use, but the users don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
• Licensing start date: 07.04.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: oskrba starostnikov, negovalci, najstniki, duševno zdravje, socialna psihologija, Evropa

Projects

• Funder: NIH - National Institutes of Health
• Project number: 754702
• Name: Psychosocial Support for Promoting Mental Health and Well-being among Adolescent Young Carers in Europe
• Acronym: ME-WE