Parental Burnout Among Parents of Children with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
Parental Burnout Among Parents of Children with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
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Authors
Dzielińska, Michalina
Lasota, Marta
Piotrowski, Konrad
Monograph
Monograph (alternative title)
Date
2024-09-06
Publisher
Journal title
Psychologia Rozwojowa
Issue
2
Volume
28
Pages
Pages
135-152
ISSN
1895-6297
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Access date
2024-09-06
Abstract PL
Abstract EN
he purpose of this study was to assess the severity of parental burnout among parents of children with disabilities and chronic illness. It was hypothesized that parents of children with disabilites/ilnesses would be characterized by higher levels of parental burnout and that their child’s disability and chronic illness would moderate the relationship of parental burnout with sociodemographic factors. The study was conducted with 254 parents (Mage = 35.37; SDage = 5.80) with children aged from 1 month to 35 years, 22% of whom had a child with a disability or chronic illness. The Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) questionnaire was used to verify the research hypotheses. The correlation analyses conducted showed that parents of children with disabilities had higher levels of parental burnout, and as the degree of constraints related to the child’s difficulties increased, the level of parental burnout increased. The results of moderation analyses showed that the relationship between the number of children and parental burnout was statistically significant. Similar relationships were not found concerning the relationship of parental burnout and having a child under five or the gender of the parent. The study indicates that there are relationships between having a child with a disability or chronic illness, the degree of their impairment, and parental burnout.
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Keywords PL
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dystans emocjonalny
wyczerpanie
wypalenie rodzicielskie
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dystans emocjonalny
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Keywords EN
disabled children
chronically ill children
emotional distance
exhaustion
parental burnout
chronically ill children
emotional distance
exhaustion
parental burnout