Although prior research has shown that young carers may perceive benefits from their challenging situation, it is unclear how and when benefit finding leads to better mental health. This study examines pathways through which benefit finding may influence mental well-being. Self-reported data were obtained from 601 adolescents aged 15–21 (M_age = 17.87, 71.9% female) who provided care for a close person with physical or mental health problems. Benefit finding was associated with better mental well-being directly as well as indirectly via better coping and lower helplessness. These findings were similar across young carers with different caring task profiles, except for a few differences regarding social/emotional and instrumental care. The study suggests that benefit finding could promote coping skills and mental well-being in adolescent young carers with implications for the design of future research on interventions with young carers.

尽管先前的研究表明，年轻的护理人员可能会从他们充满挑战的情况中感受到好处，但尚不清楚发现好处如何以及何时会导致更好的心理健康。本研究探讨了发现福利可能影响心理健康的途径。自我报告的数据来自 601 名 15-21_岁的青少年（M_年龄 = 17.87, 71.9% 女性），他们为有身体或心理健康问题的亲密人士提供护理。通过更好的应对和更低的无助感，福利发现与更好的心理健康直接相关，也间接与更好的心理健康相关。除了在社会/情感和工具护理方面的一些差异外，这些发现在具有不同护理任务的年轻护理人员中是相似的。该研究表明，收益发现可以提高青少年照顾者的应对技巧和心理健康，这对未来对年轻照顾者的干预研究的设计有影响。