Are We All the Same When Faced with an Ill Relative? A Person-Oriented Approach to Caring Activities and Mental Health in Emerging Adult Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15501937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Basilie Chevrier (0000-0002-5263-2283, Aix-Marseille Université, corresponding author), Aurélie Untas (0000-0001-8159-8654, Université Paris Cité), Géraldine Dorard (0000-0002-5587-4480, Université Paris Cité) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 8104-8104 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19138104 |
| PMID | 35805765 |
| OpenAlex | W4283781216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 53 |
Dealing with the illness/disability of a relative is part of everyday life for many students, who may have to take on caring responsibilities. Fulfilling a caring role during emerging adulthood has been associated with poorer mental health. This study adopts a person-oriented approach in exploring the caring experience in relation to mental health. The sample comprised 3273 students ( M age = 20.19 years, SD age = 1.89; 80.35% female) who answered a series of questionnaires. A cluster analysis identified six patterns of caregiving activities in terms of their nature and extent: few caring activities; household chores; household and financial/practical help; emotional care; sibling care; and many caring activities with emotional and personal care. A series of analyses showed that caring activities differed according to age, gender, living arrangements, financial status, the ill/disabled relative being supported, and the relative's type of illness/disability. A multivariate analysis of covariance showed that emerging adult students with patterns featuring household chores had better mental health than those with few caring activities. Overall, our findings indicate that having an ill/disabled relative can lead an individual to take on a wide range of caring responsibilities that may have varying consequences for emerging adult students' mental health
Everyday life · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Relation (database · Sample (material · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |