Is Parental Burnout distinct from Job Burnout and Depressive Symptomatology?
(2020) Clinical Psychological Science — Vol. 8, n° 4, p. 673-689 (2020)
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- Parenting can be difficult, and when difficulties are experienced as being chronic and/or overwhelming, parental burnout may occur. It is not yet clear, however, to what extent parental burnout canbe distinguished from job burnout (whichshares core definitional features) or depressive symptoms (which oftenco-occur with parental burnout). Here we presenttwo studies (N =3,482)which suggest the distinctiveness of parental burnout. First, items aimed atmeasuringparental burnout, job burnout,and depressive symptomsloadedondifferent factors. Second, although job burnout, parental burnout,and depressive symptomshadsome common consequences(e.g., problematic alcohol use, disordered sleep, somatic complaints), parental and job burnoutalso each hadspecific consequences (e.g., parental neglect and parental violence for parental burnout; intent to leave the company for job burnout)that are not explained by depressive symptoms. Theseresults supportthe distinctiveness of parental burnoutand the added value of this construct.
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Mikolajczak, M., Gross, J. J., Stinglhamber, F., Norberg, A. L., & Roskam, I. (2020). Is Parental Burnout distinct from Job Burnout and Depressive Symptomatology? Clinical Psychological Science, 8(4), 673-689. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620917447 (Original work published 2020)