Regards croisés de parents, d’enfants et de professionnels sur le vécu du burnout parental et sur ses conséquences pour les enfants
(2024)
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- Growing up with a parent in distress has repercussions on childhood experiences, sometimes reactivated in adulthood. Parental burnout is a state of exhaustion linked to the stress of parenthood. The aim of this research, which focuses on children's experiences, is to gain a better understanding of parent-child interactions in this context. We opted for a qualitative, participatory approach with a sequential design. We began by recruiting exhausted parents (n=21) through professionals - who were also given the floor at a seminar - and interviewed them about their experiences and interactions with their children. The results highlight a loss of control, which leads to shame and guilt. Parents also report the influence of their childhood experiences on their history of parental burnout. An emerging hypothesis leads us to identify a need on the part of the parents to be heard and validated in their suffering. We then questioned their children (n=24) about their representations of parental burnout, their experiences, and the strategies that help them cope in this fragilizing context. The results highlight the difficulties experienced by the children in explaining and understanding what is happening to their burnt-out parents, as well as the perception of a discrepancy between their own needs and those of their parents. Being aware of their parents' emotional reactions, they experience fear both for themselves and for their parents and tend to develop strategies to protect themselves and their parents. Common elements highlighted by parents and children in their experiences lead us to propose research perspectives and implications for practice in supporting these families from a public health perspective.
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Dubois, A.-C. (2024). Regards croisés de parents, d’enfants et de professionnels sur le vécu du burnout parental et sur ses conséquences pour les enfants. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/29987