Parental Burnout Across the Globe During the COVID-19                     Pandemic

Bakel, H.J.A. van; Bastiaansen, Coco; Hall, R.A.S.; Schwabe, Inga; Verspeek, Emmie; Gross, James J.; Brandt, Julie A. Ackerlund; Aguiar, Joyce; Akgün, Ege; Arıkan, Gizem; Aunola, Kaisa; Bajgarová, Zdeňka; Beyers, Wim; Bílková, Zuzana; Boujut, Émilie; Chen, Binbin; Dorard, Géraldine; Escobar, María Josefina; Furutani, Kaichiro; Gaspar, Maria Filomena; Griffith, Annette K.; Helmy, Mai; TRANG, HUỲNH MAI; Kaneza, Emérence; Lasso-Báez, Roberto Andrés; Lebert-Charron, Astrid; Vigouroux, Sarah Le; Lee, Yanhee; Dao, Hong; Manrique‐Millones, Denisse; Rivalles, Rosa Bertha Millones; Miscioscia, Marina; Mousavi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh; Eom, Munseol; Ndayizigiy, Alexis; Tenkue, Josué Ngnombouowo; Cádiz, Daniela Oyarce; Marín, Claudia Pineda; Psychountaki, Maria; Qu, Yang; Salinas-Quiroz, Fernando; Santelices, María Pía; Scola, Céline; Schrooyen, Charlotte; Cabrera, Paola Silva; Simonelli, Alessandra; Skarbalienė, Aelita; Skarbalius, Egidijus; Soenens, Bart; Sorkkila, Matilda; Swit, Cara S.; Szczygieł, Dorota; Theotokatos, Georgios; Üstündağ-Budak, A. Meltem; Verhofstadt, Lesley; Vertsberger, Dana; Wendland, Jacqueline; Mikolajczak, Moïra; Roskam, Isabelle

doi:10.1027/2157-3891/a000050

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“…The second assessment allowed us to highlight other aspects related to the way health workers respond to stress. During the pandemic period, the level of burnout increased significantly among both caregivers and parents, especially in relation to the dimension of emotional exhaustion [ 11 , 13 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 44 ].…”

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“…Parental stress was also influenced by COVID-19, increasing concern for children’s health and social isolation, the duration and quality of online parenting, and the ability to provide age-appropriate information to children [ 40 ]. Levels of parental burnout have increased substantially in many countries around the world [ 41 ]. High levels of burnout affect parenting practices and reduce the use of positive parenting strategies [ 42 ].…”

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“…The psychological impact of the pandemic on parental stress and the occurrence of burnout-related symptoms, such as exhaustion, has also been associated with less positive child behaviors, confirming the strong link between parental and child well-being [ 44 ]. In contrast, other analyses show significant levels of emotional exhaustion only in certain risk situations [ 13 ], such as motherhood, single parenthood, younger children, children with special needs and large numbers of children, and disadvantaged economic circumstances [ 13 , 41 , 44 ].…”

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Burnout Syndrome and COVID-19 Lockdown: Research on Residential Care Workers Who Assume Parental Roles with Youths

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Cariello²,

Colombesi³

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Healthcare professionals are at higher risk of developing and experiencing burnout. Parents may also suffer from prolonged stressful conditions that lead to physical and emotional exhaustion. Residential youth care workers assume a caregiving role that can lead to persistent stressful conditions that affect their relationship with the youth. In addition, the COVID-19 lockdown has had a negative impact on both the organization and the work, as well as on the lifestyle of workers and minors. In fact, during the pandemic, contact with families was not possible due to restrictions and this increased the need for caregivers to assume a parental role. This research aims to examine the risk of burnout in a sample of 75 healthcare professionals working with youths and the association with psychological traits. Then, we aim to evaluate these aspects during the COVID-19 lockdown The measurements, conducted in both February 2019 and April 2021, included six questionnaires: MBI to assess burnout, TAS_20 to explore alexithymic traits, COPE_NVI to assess coping strategies, FDS_R to quantify frustration intolerance at work, IRI for empathy, and FFMQ to investigate awareness and emotional regulation. Our sample shows a medium-high risk of developing burnout, which worsened during the pandemic. A worsening of emotional skills, paralleled by a greater empathic investment required by the emergency situation, and an assumed parental role is observable. Coping strategies correlate with burnout risk, as avoidance strategies were strongly associated with emotional exhaustion. These findings suggest an urgent need to develop targeted and timely interventions for healthcare professionals in order to prevent long-term consequences.

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Burnout Syndrome and COVID-19 Lockdown: Research on Residential Care Workers Who Assume Parental Roles with Youths

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“…In the first article, Hedwig J. A. van Bakel and colleagues report on a study that investigated whether the prevalence of parental burnout in 26 countries increased during COVID-19 compared to a few years prior to the pandemic (van Bakel et al, 2022). The results revealed that, in fact, in most countries, parental burnout did rise during the pandemic.…”

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International Psychology and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Rami²

2022

International Perspectives in Psychology

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“…This result might be linked with the resources in the home environment that possibly help or hamper students’ learning, which takes place totally at home. Parents who are struggling with their own well-being or financial uncertainty, their remote work, or who speak a home language different from the child’s language of teaching might have limited resources to support their child’s distance learning at home (Van Bakel et al, 2022 ).…”

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Reading and math skills development among Finnish primary school children before and after COVID-19 school closure

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This study quantified the possible learning losses in reading and math skills among a sample of Finnish Grade 3 children (n = 198) who spent 8 weeks in distance learning during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. We compared their reading and math skill development trajectories across Grades 1, 2, and 4 to a pre-COVID sample (N = 378). We also examined if gender, parental education, maternal homework involvement, and child’s task-avoidant behavior predict children’s academic skills at Grade 4 differently in the pre-COVID sample compared with the COVID sample. Children’s reading and math skills were tested, mothers reported their education and homework involvement, and teachers rated children’s task-avoidant behavior. The results showed, on average, lower reading skills in the COVID sample than in the pre-COVID sample but there were no differences in math skills. Although the COVID sample had lower levels in reading, their developmental trajectories in reading and math skills were not different from the pre-COVID sample before the pandemic in Grades 1 and 2. From Grade 2 to 4, however, the development was slower in reading fluency and comprehension in the COVID sample, but not in math. The predictors of change from Grade 2 to 4 in reading and math skills were not different in the samples. The results showed that the development of reading skills in particular may have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Parental Burnout Across the Globe During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 31 publications

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Burnout Syndrome and COVID-19 Lockdown: Research on Residential Care Workers Who Assume Parental Roles with Youths

Burnout Syndrome and COVID-19 Lockdown: Research on Residential Care Workers Who Assume Parental Roles with Youths

International Psychology and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Reading and math skills development among Finnish primary school children before and after COVID-19 school closure

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