학술논문
Three reasons why parental burnout is more prevalent in individualistic countries: a mediation study in 36 countries
Document Type
Original Paper
Author
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; Fontaine, Anne-Marie; Foran, Heather; Fricke, Julia; Furutani, Kaichiro; Gannagé, Myrna; Gaspar, Maria; Godbout, Lucie; Goldenberg, Amit; Gross, James J.; Gurza, Maria Ancuta; Helmy, Mai; Huynh, Mai Trang; Kawamoto, Taishi; Lazarevic, Ljiljana B.; Le Vigouroux, Sarah; Lebert-Charron, Astrid; Leme, Vanessa; MacCann, Carolyn; Manrique-Millones, Denisse; Matias, Marisa; Miranda-Orrego, María Isabel; Miscioscia, Marina; Morgades-Bamba, Clara; Mousavi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh; Muntean, Ana; Olderbak, Sally; Osman, Fatumo; Oyarce-Cadiz, Daniela; Pérez-Díaz, Pablo A.; Petrides, Konstantinos V.; Pineda-Marin, Claudia; Prikhidko, Alena; Ricci, Ricardo T.; Salinas-Quiroz, Fernando; Sarrionandia, Ainize; Scola, Céline; Simonelli, Alessandra; Cabrera, Paola Silva; Soenens, Bart; Sorbring, Emma; Sorkkila, Matilda; Schrooyen, Charlotte; Stănculescu, Elena; Starchenkova, Elena; Szczygiel, Dorota; Tapia, Javier; Tri, Thi Minh Thuy; Tremblay, Mélissa; van Bakel, Hedwig; Verhofstadt, Lesley; Wendland, Jaqueline; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; Mikolajczak, Moïra
Source
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: The International Journal for Research in Social and Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health Services. 59(4):681-694
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0933-7954
1433-9285
1433-9285
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.