Title
Profiles of Parental Burnout Around the Globe: Similarities and Differences Across 36 Countries
Date Issued
December 2023
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Marisa Matias
Joyce Aguiar
Anne Marie Fontaine
Ege Akgun
Gizem Arikan
Kaisa Aunola
Elizabeth Barham
Wim Beyers
Emilie Boujut
Anna Brytek-Matera
Noémie Carbonneau
Filipa César
Bin-Bin Chen
Géraldine Dorard
Sandra Dunsmuir
Natalia Egorova
Luciana Elias
Nicolas Favez
Heather M. Foran
Kaichiro Furutani
Myrna Gannagé
Maria Gaspar
Lucie Godbout
James Gross
Ogma Hatta
Mai-Trang Huynh
Nassima Kellou
Goran Knezevic
Ljiljana Lazarevic
Sarah Le Vigouroux
Vanessa Leme
MarÃa Isabel Miranda-Orrego
Marina Miscioscia
Clara I. Morgades-Bamba
Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi
Badra Moutassem-Mimouni
Ana Muntean
Hugh Murphy
Josué Ngnombouowo Tenkue
Fatumo Osman
Daniela Oyarce Cadiz
Pablo A. Pérez-DÃaz
Konstantinos Petrides
Céline Scola
Alessandra Simonelli
Bart Soenens
Emma Sorbring
Matilda Sorkkila
Elena Stănculescu
Elena Starchenkova
Dorota Szczygiel
Mélissa Tremblay
A. Meltem Ustundag-Budak
Hedwig van Bakel
Lesley Verhofstadt
Jaqueline Wendland
Moira Mikolajczak
Isabelle Roskam
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Inc.
Abstract
Parental burnout (PB) is a pervasive phenomenon. Parenting is embedded in cultural values, and previous research has shown the role of individualism in PB. In this paper, we reanalyze previously collected data to identify profiles based on the four dimensions of PB, and explore whether these profiles vary across countries’ levels of collectivistic-individualistic (COL-IND) values. Our sample comprised 16,885 individuals from 36 countries (73% women; 27% men), and we used a latent profile approach to uncover PB profiles. The findings showed five profiles: Fulfilled, Not in PB, Low risk of PB, High risk of PB and Burned out. The profiles pointed to climbing levels of PB in the total sample and in each of the three country groups (High COL/Low IND, Medium COL-IND, Low COL/High IND). Exploratory analyses revealed that distinct dimensions of PB had the most prominent roles in the climbing pattern, depending on the countries’ levels of COL/IND. In particular, we found contrast to be a hallmark dimension and an indicator of severe burnout for individualistic countries. Contrary to our predictions, emotional distance and saturation did not allow a clear differentiation across collectivistic countries. Our findings support several research avenues regarding PB measurement and intervention.
Volume
57
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
PsicologÃa (incluye relaciones hombre-máquina)
Subjects
Source
Cross-Cultural Research
ISSN of the container
1069-3971
Sponsor(s)
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia under grant FCTUIDB/00050/2020.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
Universidad Privada Marcelino Champagnat