2021
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254163
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How many parents regret having children and how it is linked to their personality and health: Two studies with national samples in Poland

Abstract: Surveys conducted over the last few years on representative samples in the US and Germany suggest that the percentage of parents who regret having children is approximately 17–8%. In none of these studies did the researchers attempt a detailed examination of this group of parents from the perspective of their psychological functioning. In the present article, two studies based on large, national samples (N = 1175 and N = 1280), one of which was a representative sample of young Poles, are presented. The results… Show more

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“…Roskam & Mikolajczak (2020) and Aunola et al (2020) reported a higher rate of burnout syndrome among women, which they associated with the goal of perfect performance of the maternal role, i.e., with internalized ideals about deep involvement in child-raising. Piotrowski (2021), however, found a clearer connection between burnout and regret in fathers than in mothers. That author concluded that regret grew out of exhaustion and a perceived lack of sufficient material and emotional resources to engage effectively in parenthood.…”
Section: Intensive Maternity As Ideal and Reproduction Of Role Expect...mentioning
confidence: 76%
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“…Roskam & Mikolajczak (2020) and Aunola et al (2020) reported a higher rate of burnout syndrome among women, which they associated with the goal of perfect performance of the maternal role, i.e., with internalized ideals about deep involvement in child-raising. Piotrowski (2021), however, found a clearer connection between burnout and regret in fathers than in mothers. That author concluded that regret grew out of exhaustion and a perceived lack of sufficient material and emotional resources to engage effectively in parenthood.…”
Section: Intensive Maternity As Ideal and Reproduction Of Role Expect...mentioning
confidence: 76%
“…Of the parents analysed by Piotrowski (2021), educational level did not raise the likelihood of regret, attesting to the cross-sectional nature of that feeling and its presence in different social circumstances. Conversely, financial problems have been associated with lower satisfaction with parenthood (Hansen, 2011) and with a higher probability of parental regret (Piotrowski, 2021).…”
Section: Occupational and Economic Conditions And Regret About Having...mentioning
confidence: 85%
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