Differences in Parental Burnout: Influence of Demographic Factors and Personality of Parents and Children

Frontiers in Psychology
Sarah Le Vigouroux, Céline Scola

Abstract

Parental burnout is a syndrome related to parenthood and characterized by three dimensions: emotional and physical exhaustion, emotional distancing of parents from their children, and loss of parental accomplishment. Many factors can explain the interindividual differences in parental burnout (Roskam et al., 2017). In a study conducted among 372 French parents, we examined the relationship between parental burnout, demographic factors (age of parent and child(ren), age of parent at first birth, total number of children, and number of children present in the family home) and parent-assessed dispositional factors (personality traits of parent and child(ren)). Results for demographic factors showed that the younger the parents we surveyed, the higher their reported sense of parental accomplishment, although they also tended to feel more exhausted. We observed a similar pattern of results when we looked at the children's ages. In addition, the number of children at home slightly increased the emotional distance between parent and child(ren). Results for the parents' dispositional factors showed that all three personality traits we investigated, as well as their different facets (lack of emotional control and lack of impulse control...Continue Reading

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Oct 9, 2020·New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development·Seyyedeh Fatemeh MousaviIsabelle Roskam
Oct 18, 2020·Archives of Women's Mental Health·Sabrine SediriFethi Nacef
Dec 15, 2020·New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development·Myrna GannagéMoïra Mikolajczak
Jan 12, 2021·Scandinavian Journal of Psychology·Ainize Sarrionandia, Jone Aliri
Nov 19, 2020·New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development·Tholene SodiVincent Sezibera
Mar 15, 2021·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Moïra MikolajczakIsabelle Roskam

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