Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysis
IntroductionThis study used a person-centred approach to identify patterns of engagement in benefit finding (BF) and caregiving among youth who have a parent with a serious illness.MethodsA total of 403 youth completed questionnaires in a cross-sectional study.ResultsLatent profile analyses revealed...
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| author | Giulia Landi Giulia Landi Kenneth I. Pakenham Jade Pilato Géraldine Dorard Aurélie Untas Roberto Cattivelli Roberto Cattivelli Silvana Grandi Silvana Grandi Eliana Tossani Eliana Tossani |
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| description | IntroductionThis study used a person-centred approach to identify patterns of engagement in benefit finding (BF) and caregiving among youth who have a parent with a serious illness.MethodsA total of 403 youth completed questionnaires in a cross-sectional study.ResultsLatent profile analyses revealed four profiles. The distribution of caregiving and participants across profiles reflected the caregiving continuum. The ‘low BF & caregiving profile’ had the lowest caregiving and the highest proportion of participants at the low end of the continuum, while the ‘moderate BF & extremely high caregiving profile’ had the highest caregiving and the lowest proportion of participants at the high end. The two mid-continuum profiles reflected mid-to-high proportions of caregiving and participants. Results highlighted a corresponding continuum in BF, where engagement varies in sync with caregiving intensity. Profiles differed on demographics, caregiving context, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and mental health variables. The two mid-continuum profiles reported high caregiving and moderate-to-high BF and evidenced better HRQoL and mental health than the profile at the highest end of the caregiving continuum, but worse HRQoL and mental health than the profile at the lowest end. Despite high caregiving, these two profiles exhibited moderately high HRQoL and mental health, indicating that BF mitigates the adverse impacts of high caregiving. Results also supported the BF theoretical proposal that caregiving must be sufficiently intense to trigger BF.DiscussionSupport services should reduce youth caregiving responsibilities and encourage youth caregivers to explore the positive aspects of their caregiving role. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e12166dc893a4e7baee2e3af870107e72025-08-20T01:57:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-05-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.16011621601162Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysisGiulia Landi0Giulia Landi1Kenneth I. Pakenham2Jade Pilato3Géraldine Dorard4Aurélie Untas5Roberto Cattivelli6Roberto Cattivelli7Silvana Grandi8Silvana Grandi9Eliana Tossani10Eliana Tossani11Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Psychosomatics and Clinimetrics, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Cesena, ItalySchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaLaboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université Paris Cité, Boulogne-Billancourt, FranceSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaDepartment of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Psychosomatics and Clinimetrics, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Cesena, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Psychosomatics and Clinimetrics, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Cesena, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Psychosomatics and Clinimetrics, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Cesena, ItalyIntroductionThis study used a person-centred approach to identify patterns of engagement in benefit finding (BF) and caregiving among youth who have a parent with a serious illness.MethodsA total of 403 youth completed questionnaires in a cross-sectional study.ResultsLatent profile analyses revealed four profiles. The distribution of caregiving and participants across profiles reflected the caregiving continuum. The ‘low BF & caregiving profile’ had the lowest caregiving and the highest proportion of participants at the low end of the continuum, while the ‘moderate BF & extremely high caregiving profile’ had the highest caregiving and the lowest proportion of participants at the high end. The two mid-continuum profiles reflected mid-to-high proportions of caregiving and participants. Results highlighted a corresponding continuum in BF, where engagement varies in sync with caregiving intensity. Profiles differed on demographics, caregiving context, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and mental health variables. The two mid-continuum profiles reported high caregiving and moderate-to-high BF and evidenced better HRQoL and mental health than the profile at the highest end of the caregiving continuum, but worse HRQoL and mental health than the profile at the lowest end. Despite high caregiving, these two profiles exhibited moderately high HRQoL and mental health, indicating that BF mitigates the adverse impacts of high caregiving. Results also supported the BF theoretical proposal that caregiving must be sufficiently intense to trigger BF.DiscussionSupport services should reduce youth caregiving responsibilities and encourage youth caregivers to explore the positive aspects of their caregiving role.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1601162/fullbenefit findingparental illnessyouth caregivinglatent profile analysishealth-related quality of lifemental health |
| spellingShingle | Giulia Landi Giulia Landi Kenneth I. Pakenham Jade Pilato Géraldine Dorard Aurélie Untas Roberto Cattivelli Roberto Cattivelli Silvana Grandi Silvana Grandi Eliana Tossani Eliana Tossani Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysis Frontiers in Psychology benefit finding parental illness youth caregiving latent profile analysis health-related quality of life mental health |
| title | Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysis |
| title_full | Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysis |
| title_fullStr | Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysis |
| title_short | Youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context: a latent profile analysis |
| title_sort | youth benefit finding and caregiving in a parental illness context a latent profile analysis |
| topic | benefit finding parental illness youth caregiving latent profile analysis health-related quality of life mental health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1601162/full |
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