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Gender Equality and Maternal Burnout: A 40-Country Study
Isabelle RoskamLaura GalléeJoyce AguiarEge AkgunAndrew ArenaGizem ArikanKaisa AunolaMichel BaderElizabeth J. BarhamEliane BessonWim BeyersEmilie BoujutMaria Elena BriandaAnna Brytek-materaNoémie CarbonneauFilipa CésarBin-bin ChenGéraldine DorardLuciana Carla Dos Santos EliasSandra DunsmuirNatalia EgorovaNicolas FavezAnne-marie FontaineHeather ForanJulia FrickeKaichiro FurutaniMyrna GannagéMaria GasparLucie GodboutAmit GoldenbergJames J. GrossMaria Ancuta GurzaMuhammad Aamir HashmiMai HelmyMai Trang HuynhEmerence KanezaTaishi KawamotoNassima KellouOussama MedjahdiGoran KnezevicLjiljana B. LazarevicSarah Le VigourouxAstrid Lebert-charronVanessa LemeGao-xian LinCarolyn MaccannDenisse Manrique-millonesMarisa MatiasMaría Isabel Miranda-orregoMarina MisciosciaClara Morgades-bambaSeyyedeh Fatemeh MousaviBadra Moutassem-mimouniAna MunteanHugh MurphyAlexis NdayizigiyeJosué Ngnombouowo TenkueSally OlderbakSophie OrnawkaDaniela Oyarce-cadizPablo A. Pérez-díazKonstantinos V. PetridesClaudia Pineda-marinAlena PrikhidkoFernando Salinas-quirozRaquel Sánchez-rodríguezAinize SarrionandiaCéline ScolaAlessandra SimonelliBart SoenensEmma SorbringMatilda SorkkilaCharlotte SchrooyenElena StănculescuElena StarchenkovaDorota SzczygielThi Minh Thuy TriMélissa TremblayAyse Meltem Ustundag-budakMaday Valdés PachecoHedwig Van BakelLesley VerhofstadtJaqueline WendlandSaengduean YotanyamaneewongMoïra Mikolajczaksubject
WORKCultural StudiesFIT INDEXESEUROPEfamilySocial Psychologyfamily policiesgender equality paradoxSocial Sciences[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/PsychologyperhepolitiikkaGeneral Medicineäiditkansainvälinen vertailuegalitarian valuesuupumuscultureparental burnoutculture; egalitarian values; family policies; gender equality paradox; parental burnouttasa-arvosukupuoliroolitAnthropology[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychologykulttuurierotdescription
International audience; In Western countries, recent decades have witnessed a revolution toward gender equality. Inequalities have been greatly reduced in areas such as education or employment. Because inequalities lead to distress, this development has largely benefited women. One notable exception is the realm of parenting, which has remained rife with inequalities even in the most egalitarian countries. We hypothesized that experiencing inequality in parenting when one holds egalitarian values and raising a child in a country characterized by a high level of gender equality in other areas, increases mothers’ psychological distress in the specific area of parenting. Multilevel modeling analyses computed among 11,538 mothers from 40 countries confirmed this prediction: high egalitarian values at the individual level and high gender equality at the societal level are associated with higher burnout levels in mothers. The associations hold beyond differences in sociodemographic characteristics at the individual level and beyond economic disparities at the societal level. These findings show the importance of egalitarian values and gender equality and their paradoxical effect when inequalities are still present in specific areas as parenting. This study reveals the crucial need to act not only at the micro level but also at the macro level to promote gender equality in parenting and prevent parental burnout.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-01 | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology |