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- Title
The impact of a respite volunteer 'buddy' programme on behavioural and psychological well‐being in young carers.
- Authors
Laursen, Sisse Heiden; Nissen, Karina Brix; Udsen, Flemming Witt; Haslund‐Thomsen, Helle
- Abstract
Young carers often face a great amount of emotional burden and have high practical and social responsibilities. The role of being a young carer is associated with behavioural, developmental, physical and psychosocial problems that may not only affect the individual in childhood but also in adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a Danish respite volunteer programme called The Buddies for Children and Youngsters Programme on young carers' (n = 49; aged 6–16) social–emotional functioning. A pre–post‐design was applied, and data were collected through the parent version of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ), here with an impact supplement at baseline and at the end of the programme (after 4 months). The programme showed a positive impact on emotional symptoms, hyperactivity symptoms, conduct problems, peer problems, prosocial aspects and impact aspects, with mean differences values of −2.50 (p =.000), −0.62 (p =.271), −1.18 (p =.000), −0.74 (p =.008), 0.62 (p =.004) and −0.88 (p =.007), respectively. Furthermore, a large effect was found for the total difficulties score: −5.03 (p =.000). In conclusion, the programme seems promising considering its effect on young carers' social–emotional functioning. However, future research should include comparative studies with a longer duration.
- Subjects
COMPETENCY assessment (Law); WELL-being; EVALUATION of medical care; HYPERKINESIA; PARENT attitudes; STATISTICS; RESPITE care; RESEARCH evaluation; HUMAN services programs; PRE-tests &; post-tests; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; ALEXITHYMIA; SOCIAL skills; DATA analysis software; DATA analysis; BEHAVIOR modification; SECONDARY analysis; EVALUATION; SYMPTOMS; CHILDREN
- Publication
Child & Family Social Work, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 3, p734
- ISSN
1356-7500
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cfs.13000