Young Carers of Parents Inventory

Young Carers of Parents Inventory (Revised): A validated measurement

About the YCOPI-R

Young people who have a family member with an illness or disability often assume responsibility for their care and have been referred to as young caregivers.

The YCOPI-R is an empirically validated measure of the impact of caregiving on the young carer which can be used with youth across different caregiving contexts.

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Publications

Academic publications to find out more about the YCOPI-R:

• Pakenham, KI, Bursnall, S, Chiu, J, Cannon, T and Okochi, M (2006). The psychosocial impact of caregiving on young people who have a parent with an illness or disability: Comparisons between young caregivers and noncaregivers. Rehabilitation Psychology 51 (2) 113-126.

• Cox, S. & Pakenham, K.I. (2014). Confirmatory factor analysis and invariance testing of the Young Carer of Parents Inventory (YCOPI). Rehabilitation Psychology, 59, 439-452.