Adolescent young carers who provide care to siblings

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

A child’s disability, long-term illness, or mental ill-health is known to affect siblings’ health, social life, school engagement, and quality of life. This article addresses a research gap by its focus on young sibling carers and the impact of providing care to a sibling. A cross-national survey study was conducted in 2018–2019 (Italy, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK) to examine the incidence of adolescent sibling 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 1444 of them provided care to family members with health-related conditions. Out of these, 286 were identified as Sibling Carers and 668 as Parent Carers, while 181 had both sibling(s) and parent(s) with health-related conditions, and thus were identified as Sibling–Parent Carers. Sibling Carers and Sibling–Parent Carers carried out higher levels of caring activities compared to Parent Carers. They reported both positive aspects of caring, such as increased maturity, and negative aspects, such as mental ill-health, impact on schooling and a lack of support. To reduce the negative aspects of a sibling carer role, it is important to recognise them and to implement early preventive measures and formal support.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: sibling carer, young carer, school outcomes, mental health, well-being, quality of life, support
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 1-13
• Številčenje: Vol. 12, issue 3, [article no.] 316
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-154210
• UDK: 364-47-053.6
• ISSN pri članku: 2227-9032
• DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12030316
• COBISS.SI-ID: 182808579
• Datum objave v RUL: 01.02.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Healthcare
• Skrajšan naslov: Healthcare
• Založnik: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2227-9032
• COBISS.SI-ID: 520110873

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: dolgotrajna oskrba, najstniki, bratje in sestre, duševno zdravje, dobro počutje

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Program financ.: European Commission
• Številka projekta: 754702
• Naslov: Psychosocial Support for Promoting Mental Health and Well-being among Adolescent Young Carers in Europe
• Akronim: ME-WE