While the vast majority of family caregivers struggle to find balance between different roles in their lives, young adult caregivers are faced with the atypical challenge of caring for family member while simultaneously accomplishing developmental tasks typical of this stage in life (e.g., establishing career, developing romantic relationships). This exploratory, qualitative study examined strategies used by young adults to adopt family caregiving roles. These strategies can be described as embracement, compromise, and integration. While each approach allowed for the young adult to facilitate their caregiving role, additional research is needed to understand how the strategy affects the emerging adult’s development.

虽然绝大多数家庭看护者努力在他们生活中的不同角色之间找到平衡，但年轻的成年看护者面临着照顾家庭成员的非典型挑战，同时还要完成人生这一阶段典型的发展任务（例如，建立职业、发展浪漫关系）。这项探索性的定性研究考察了年轻人在担任家庭照顾角色时所使用的策略。这些策略可以描述为拥抱、妥协和整合。虽然每种方法都允许年轻成年人促进他们的照料角色，但还需要进行更多研究以了解该策略如何影响新兴成年人的发展。