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Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction
Caring for an ill or disabled relative can present significant challenges that may exceed the personal resources of the caregiver. Young carers (YCs) often take on this role, providing support to family members or friends, which can have far-reaching effects on various aspects of their lives. This s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10648131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37947573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20217017 |
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author | Meireles, Ana Marques, Sofia Faria, Sara Lopes, Joana Correia Teixeira, Ana Ribas Alves, Bruno Becker, Saul |
author_facet | Meireles, Ana Marques, Sofia Faria, Sara Lopes, Joana Correia Teixeira, Ana Ribas Alves, Bruno Becker, Saul |
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description | Caring for an ill or disabled relative can present significant challenges that may exceed the personal resources of the caregiver. Young carers (YCs) often take on this role, providing support to family members or friends, which can have far-reaching effects on various aspects of their lives. This study involved 235 adolescents, 106 YCs, and 129 non-carers (NCs), who completed questionnaires assessing life satisfaction, satisfaction with social support, family functioning, academic functioning, and caregiving activities. Tests of group differences (MANOVA and MANCOVA controlling for age) showed YCs had more caregiving activities than NCs (as expected) and, critically, significantly lower life satisfaction. Hierarchical regressions with the YCS subsample showed academic functioning, social support, and the negative impact of caregiving were associated with life satisfaction, and that the negative influence of caregiving was linked to family functioning and the quantity of caregiving activities. For NCs, academic functioning, satisfaction with social support, and family functioning were associated with life satisfaction. In conclusion, caregiving in adolescents appears to be linked to lower life satisfaction, but this effect is determined by their social support, academic functioning, and negative impact of caring, which in turn depends on their family functioning and amount of caring activities. |
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spelling | pubmed-106481312023-11-03 Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction Meireles, Ana Marques, Sofia Faria, Sara Lopes, Joana Correia Teixeira, Ana Ribas Alves, Bruno Becker, Saul Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Caring for an ill or disabled relative can present significant challenges that may exceed the personal resources of the caregiver. Young carers (YCs) often take on this role, providing support to family members or friends, which can have far-reaching effects on various aspects of their lives. This study involved 235 adolescents, 106 YCs, and 129 non-carers (NCs), who completed questionnaires assessing life satisfaction, satisfaction with social support, family functioning, academic functioning, and caregiving activities. Tests of group differences (MANOVA and MANCOVA controlling for age) showed YCs had more caregiving activities than NCs (as expected) and, critically, significantly lower life satisfaction. Hierarchical regressions with the YCS subsample showed academic functioning, social support, and the negative impact of caregiving were associated with life satisfaction, and that the negative influence of caregiving was linked to family functioning and the quantity of caregiving activities. For NCs, academic functioning, satisfaction with social support, and family functioning were associated with life satisfaction. In conclusion, caregiving in adolescents appears to be linked to lower life satisfaction, but this effect is determined by their social support, academic functioning, and negative impact of caring, which in turn depends on their family functioning and amount of caring activities. MDPI 2023-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10648131/ /pubmed/37947573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20217017 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Meireles, Ana Marques, Sofia Faria, Sara Lopes, Joana Correia Teixeira, Ana Ribas Alves, Bruno Becker, Saul Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction |
title | Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction |
title_full | Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction |
title_fullStr | Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction |
title_full_unstemmed | Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction |
title_short | Being a Young Carer in Portugal: The Impact of Caring on Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction |
title_sort | being a young carer in portugal: the impact of caring on adolescents’ life satisfaction |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10648131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37947573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20217017 |
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