Models of Psychopathology

Hooper, Lisa M.; L’Abate, Luciano; Sweeney, Laura G.; Gianesini, Giovanna; Jankowski, Peter J.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8081-5

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“…Positive caregiving outcomes include greater resilience [31], especially when the care demand is not too high [32], increased maturity [33], and empathy [34]. With regard to AYCs [18], and YCs of GrPs [35], they may develop new relational skills, thereby enhancing their self-image and self-efficacy, and develop a positive and sensitive representation of ageing [36], especially when they can rely on sufficient practical and psychological support from other family members and friends, and/or on formal social and healthcare services [37].…”

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Positive and Negative Impacts of Caring among Adolescents Caring for Grandparents. Results from an Online Survey in Six European Countries and Implications for Future Research, Policy and Practice

Santini

Socci

D’Amen

et al. 2020

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Although up to 8% of European youngsters carry out high-intensity care for a family member, adolescent young carers (AYCs), especially those caring for their grandparents (GrPs), remain an under-researched group. This study aimed at addressing the current knowledge gap by carrying out an online survey in Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The analysis included a final sample of 817 AYCs aged 15–17 years old. AYCs of grandparents (GrPs) were compared to AYCs of other care recipients (OCRs), in order to identify any difference in positive and negative caregiving outcomes and exposure factors between the two groups. Linear or logistic regression models were built, and multivariate analyses were repeated, including a fixed effect on the country variable. AYCs of GrPs experienced more positive caregiving outcomes than AYCs of OCRs across all six countries. Being female or non-binary, and having a migration background, were associated with more negative outcomes, regardless of the relationship with the care recipient. Further research on intergenerational caregiving outcomes is recommended for shaping measures and policies, which preserve the intergenerational emotional bonds, whilst protecting AYCs from inappropriate responsibilities, undermining their mental health and well-being.

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Positive and Negative Impacts of Caring among Adolescents Caring for Grandparents. Results from an Online Survey in Six European Countries and Implications for Future Research, Policy and Practice

Santini

Socci

D’Amen

et al. 2020

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“…Youths' provision of caregiving can include a wide variety of tasks, including managing their loved one's complicated tasks of daily living such as personal care, feeding, toileting, dressing, administering medication, and providing ongoing emotional support (Kavanaugh et al, 2016). Thus, "parentification" has been used to describe the timeconsuming and continuous caregiving that has been conventionally thought to be completed by adults (Hooper et al, 2014). According to this theory, caregiving as a child or adolescent may limit youth's development because many youth may not be able to access sufficient interpersonal support, emotion regulation skills, and informational and material resources that caregiving requires.…”

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Child and adolescent caregiving for family: Emotional, social, physical, and academic risk and individual differences.

Armstrong‐Carter¹,

Siskowski²,

Belkowitz³

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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In the United States, it is estimated that more than 5.4 million children and adolescents under age 18 provide care for adult family members who are aging or have a chronic illness, disability, or other health conditions that require assistance. However, little is known about how providing care to the family during childhood and adolescence impacts youth development. We examined whether caregiving as a youth is associated with emotional challenges, peer difficulties, course grades, and physical health risk behaviors. A large, diverse sample of middle and high school students in Florida completed the first systematic school-based survey in the U.S. to date to count caregiving youth (N = 10,880; 52% female; M age = 14.40, 40% Latinx). Youth reported the amount of caregiving they provided to the family each week, in addition to items reflecting their emotional challenges (e.g., suicidality), peer difficulties (e.g., experiences of conflict or victimization), academic course grades, and health risk behaviors (e.g., diet, physical activity, sleep). We found that Latinx and Black youth provided higher levels of caregiving to the family compared to youth from White non-Latinx, Asian, or Other ethnicities. Caregiving was associated with more emotional challenges, more peer difficulties, and lower course grades for all groups. In addition, providing caregiving was associated with a less healthy diet among older youth and sleeping less than 8 hr per night among White non-Latinx youth. These findings highlight a need to support caregiving youth and their families via policies and institutional supports.

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“…Most children in Norway are not expected to cook, clean, or deliver siblings in kindergarten. When Amara does this, she is perceived as parentified in the eyes of social workers, taking on roles and responsibilities perceived to belong to parents (Hooper et al, 2014). This is associated predominantly with negative outcomes for the child, blurring the boundaries between parents and children and impeding a sense of self and independence (Anderson, 1999).…”

Section: The Hegemonic Ideal Of Care-free Childhoodmentioning

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Relational rights and interdependent wellbeing: Exploring the experiences of an ethnic minority girl with the Norwegian Child Welfare service

Ursin

Langfeldt

Lyså

2022

Global Studies of Childhood

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In this article, we draw on a case study where the Norwegian Child Welfare services placed an ethnic minority girl, Amara, into foster care. Her sensemaking around being moved into foster care is used as entry point to explore tensions between Amara, her family, and Child Welfare services. Amara’s responsibilities within the family conflict with the ideal childhood model in Norway. The case demonstrates a limited view on wellbeing and an ethnocentric understanding of what is in the best interest of the child among Norwegian social workers. We propose the use of ubuntu and African ethics in Child Welfare services to cater for more diverse understandings of childhood and upbringing. Furthermore, we approach children’s rights relationally to acknowledge how children’s lives and wellbeing are deeply entangled in interconnections and interdependencies.

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Models of Psychopathology

Cited by 20 publications

References 186 publications

Positive and Negative Impacts of Caring among Adolescents Caring for Grandparents. Results from an Online Survey in Six European Countries and Implications for Future Research, Policy and Practice

Positive and Negative Impacts of Caring among Adolescents Caring for Grandparents. Results from an Online Survey in Six European Countries and Implications for Future Research, Policy and Practice

Child and adolescent caregiving for family: Emotional, social, physical, and academic risk and individual differences.

Relational rights and interdependent wellbeing: Exploring the experiences of an ethnic minority girl with the Norwegian Child Welfare service

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