Burnout across boundaries: Can parental burnout directly or indirectly influence work outcomes?

Evans, Thomas Rhys; Roskam, Isabelle; Stinglhamber, Florence; Mikolajczak, Moïra

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02687-3

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“…Previous studies have shown that parents of autistic children will experience more parental burnout, especially when children have a combination of physical and mental disabilities ( Gérain and Zech, 2018 ; Kütük et al, 2021 ). Chronic parental burnout can affect parents’ physical and mental health, such as increased cortisol, insomnia, overeating, and anxiety, which can decrease their work efficiency ( Brianda et al, 2020 ; Evans et al, 2022 ; Hormozi et al, 2022 ; Exhausted Parents in Japan, n.d. ). Some parents may even resort to alcohol or suicide to avoid parental responsibilities ( Mikolajczak et al, 2019 , 2021 ).…”

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The mediating role of perceived social support: alexithymia and parental burnout in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Lin¹,

Wang²,

Lin³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundParental burnout is a concept that reflects the emotional exhaustion and emotional distance of parents from children due to their inability to cope with the pressure of parenting. It has been confirmed that parents of autistic children are at higher risk for parental burnout. Additional research has suggested a relationship between parental burnout and parents’ personality traits. However, the relationship between alexithymia, an independent personality factor, with parental burnout is little to none.ObjectiveTo look into the connection between parental burnout and alexithymia among parents of autistic children.MethodThree hundred and one parents were approached for recruitment and data were collected from 203 parents through a cross-sectional survey assessing parental burnout, alexithymia status, and perceived social support. Because the data is not normally distributed, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient rho(p) was used to assess the correlation between the variables; and then using AMOS to analyze the mediating effects of perceived social support and the moderating effect of gender.ResultThe result showed that (1) There is a negative association between alexithymia with parental burnout (β = 0.6, p < 0.01), while perceive social support was the negative predictor of alexithymia (β = −0.45, p < 0.01) and parental burnout (β = −0.26, p < 0.01); (2) perceive social support partially mediated the relationship between alexithymia and parental burnout of parents of autistic children, which can explain 16.3% of the total effect; (3) Gender plays a moderating role in the first half of the indirect effect of alexithymia on parental burnout, as evidenced by the significant difference in path coefficients between the male and female models (male: β = −0.10, p < 0.05; female: β = −0.60, p < 0.05).ConclusionHealth professionals and policymakers should be aware of parental burnout among parents of autistic children in China and take early intervention steps. Furthermore, they should recognize the negative impact of alexithymia and the positive impact of social support when developing plans to alleviate parental burnout in children with autism, with a particular focus on mothers with alexithymia, who are more likely to experience low social support and burnout than fathers with alexithymia.

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confidence: 99%

The mediating role of perceived social support: alexithymia and parental burnout in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Lin¹,

Wang²,

Lin³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Work-family enrichment and parental burnout: the mediating effects of parenting sense of competence and parenting stress

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Recently, the topic of parental burnout has gathered much attention and studies have begun to integrate the parenting and work domain. In this regard, this study aimed to explore the association between work-family enrichment and parental burnout, and the mediation effects of parenting sense of competence and parenting stress. Data were collected at three different time points and questionnaires were distributed to 507 mothers of adolescents. Mothers were asked to report their work-family enrichment and parental burnout at Time (1) Then, their parenting sense of competence and parenting stress at Time (2) Finally, their parental burnout at Time (3) The results of bootstrapping indicated the following: (1) work-family enrichment showed negative association with parental burnout; (2) parenting sense of competence showed negative association with parental burnout, while parenting stress showed positive relation with parental burnout; (3) the relations between work-family enrichment and parental burnout was mediated by parenting sense of competence and parenting stress. Mothers should be made aware that resources from the work domain could buffer against parental burnout directly and indirectly and that when dealing with parental burnout, it is better to take a comprehensive perspective from both family and work domains and pay more attention to the relationships between the two domains.

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What influences parental burnout in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in China? A qualitative study

Ren,

Cai,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Curr Psychol

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Burnout across boundaries: Can parental burnout directly or indirectly influence work outcomes?

Cited by 5 publications

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The mediating role of perceived social support: alexithymia and parental burnout in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

The mediating role of perceived social support: alexithymia and parental burnout in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Work-family enrichment and parental burnout: the mediating effects of parenting sense of competence and parenting stress

What influences parental burnout in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in China? A qualitative study

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