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- Title
Three reasons why parental burnout is more prevalent in individualistic countries: a mediation study in 36 countries.
- Authors
Roskam, Isabelle; Aguiar, Joyce; Akgun, Ege; Arena, Andrew F.; Arikan, Gizem; Aunola, Kaisa; Besson, Eliane; Beyers, Wim; Boujut, Emilie; Brianda, Maria Elena; Brytek-Matera, Anna; Budak, A. Meltem; Carbonneau, Noémie; César, Filipa; Chen, Bin-Bin; Dorard, Géraldine; dos Santos Elias, Luciana Carla; Dunsmuir, Sandra; Egorova, Natalia; Favez, Nicolas
- Abstract
Purpose: The prevalence of parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children, varies dramatically across countries and is highest in Western countries characterized by high individualism. Method: In this study, we examined the mediators of the relationship between individualism measured at the country level and parental burnout measured at the individual level in 36 countries (16,059 parents). Results: The results revealed three mediating mechanisms, that is, self-discrepancies between socially prescribed and actual parental selves, high agency and self-directed socialization goals, and low parental task sharing, by which individualism leads to an increased risk of burnout among parents. Conclusion: The results confirm that the three mediators under consideration are all involved, and that mediation was higher for self-discrepancies between socially prescribed and actual parental selves, then parental task sharing, and lastly self-directed socialization goals. The results provide some important indications of how to prevent parental burnout at the societal level in Western countries.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; WESTERN countries; SOCIALIZATION agents; COUNTRIES; INDIVIDUALISM
- Publication
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 4, p681
- ISSN
0933-7954
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00127-023-02487-z