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. 2021 Oct 25;15(3):567-583.
doi: 10.1007/s40653-021-00411-8. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Parentification in Polish Adolescents: a Prevalence Study

Judyta Borchet  1 , Lisa M Hooper  2 , Sara Tomek  3 , Wei S Schneider  2 , Maciej Dębski  1
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Parentification in Polish Adolescents: a Prevalence Study

Judyta Borchet et al. J Child Adolesc Trauma. .

Abstract

This study investigated the prevalence of parentification in a nationwide cross-sectional study. There were N = 47,984 Polish adolescents aged 12-21 (M = 15.60; SD = 1.98; female 52.7%, male 47.3%). The results indicated that more adolescents experienced emotional parentification (toward parents 35.9%; toward siblings 25.2%) as compared to instrumental parentification (toward parents 7.2%; toward siblings 15.5%), which is noteworthy, since emotional parentification is the most detrimental form of parentification in USA samples. Overall, 15.5% of the participants reported a sense of injustice related to their family caregiving roles and 61.2% reported satisfaction related to their family caregiving roles. The results are important given the dearth of prevalence studies.

Keywords: Adolescence; Parentification; Poland; Prevalence.

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Conflict of InterestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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