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Parental Burnout Across the Globe During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hedwig Van BakelCoco BastiaansenRuby HallInga SchwabeEmmie VerspeekJames J. GrossJulie Ackerland BrandtJoyce AguiarEge AkgunGizem ArikanKaisa AunolaZdenka BajgarováWim BeyersZuzanne BílkováEmilie BoujutAnna Brytek-materaBin-bin ChenGéraldine DorardMunseol EomMaria Josefina EscobarKaichiro FurutaniMaria Filomena GasparAnnette GriffithMai HelmyMai Trang HuynhEmérence KanezaRoberto Andres Lasso BáezAstrid LebertSarah Le VigourouxYanhee LeeHong Dao MaiDenisse Manrique-millonesRosa Bertha Millones RivallesMarina MisciosciaSeyyedeh Fatemeh MousaviAlexis NdayizigiyeJosue Ngnombouowo TenkueDaniela Oyarce CadizClaudia Pineda-marinMaria PsychountakiYang QuFernando Salinas-quirozMaría Pía SantelicesCeline ScolaCharlotte SchrooyenPaolo Silva CabreraAllessandra SimonelliAelita SkarbalienėEgidijus SkarbaliusBart SoenensMatilda SorkkilaCara SwitDorota SzczygiełGeorge TheotokatosAyse Meltemustundag-budak Ustundag-budakLesley VerhofstadtDana VertsbergerJacqueline WendlandMoïra MikolajczakIsabelle Roskamsubject
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Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all societies worldwide. The heightened levels of stress that accompanied the crisis were also expected to affect parenting in many families. Since it is known that high levels of stress in the parenting domain can lead to a condition that has severe consequences for health and well-being, we examined whether the prevalence of parental burnout in 26 countries (9,923 parents; 75% mothers; mean age 40) increased during COVID-19 compared to few years before the pandemic. In most (but not all) countries, analyses showed a significant increase in the prevalence of parental burnout during the pandemic. The results further revealed that next to governmental measures (e.g., number of days locked down, homeschooling) and factors at the individual and family level (e.g., gender, number of children), parents in less (vs. more) indulgent countries suffered more from parental burnout. The findings suggest that stricter norms regarding their parenting roles and duties in general and during the pandemic in particular might have increased their levels of parental burnout.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-01 | International Perspectives in Psychology |