Millions of young people under age 18 assist family members with basic activities of daily living. Current research focuses on how caregiving contributes to the mental/physical health and academic outcomes of young caregivers. However, little is known about how these young people feel about the help they provide and this may be an important factor in understanding the relationship between the provision of care and caregiver outcomes. To promote this effort, this study explored the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Feelings About Helping Scale. High-school aged young caregivers (N = 145) completed an in-class survey on prosocial behavior, including information about providing care to grandparents. The psychometric properties of the Feelings About Helping scale were evaluated using Exploratory Factor Analysis, reliability, and convergent/divergent validity analyses. Results revealed three factors: burden, meaning, and negative physiological responses to helping, explaining 66.26% of the variance. The total scale and its distinct factors exhibited good reliability, and relationships between the factors and psychosocial measures provided evidence of convergent and divergent validity. The discussion focuses on the use of the factors, rather than the total scale, in research designed to explore the psychological and physiological components of young caregivers’ perceptions of the help they provide.

数以百万计的 18 岁以下的年轻人帮助家庭成员进行基本的日常生活活动。目前的研究重点是看护如何促进年轻看护者的心理/身体健康和学业成果。然而，人们对这些年轻人对他们所提供帮助的感受知之甚少，这可能是理解提供护理与护理人员结果之间关系的一个重要因素。为了促进这一努力，本研究探索了一项新措施的心理测量特性，即关于帮助量表的感觉。高中年龄的年轻照顾者 (N = 145) 完成了一项关于亲社会行为的课堂调查，包括有关向祖父母提供照顾的信息。关于帮助的感觉的心理测量特性使用探索性因素分析、信度和收敛/发散效度分析评估量表。结果揭示了三个因素：负担、意义和对帮助的负面生理反应，解释了 66.26% 的差异。总量表及其独特因素表现出良好的信度，因素与社会心理测量之间的关系提供了收敛效度和发散效度的证据。讨论的重点是在旨在探索年轻看护人对其提供的帮助的看法的心理和生理成分的研究中使用这些因素，而不是总规模。