Three reasons why parental burnout is more prevalent in individualistic countries: a mediation study in 36 countries.
Isabelle RoskamJoyce AguiarEge AkgunAndrew F ArenaGizem ArikanKaisa AunolaEliane BessonWim BeyersEmilie BoujutMaria Elena BriandaAnna Brytek-MateraA Meltem BudakNoémie CarbonneauFilipa CésarBin-Bin ChenGéraldine DorardLuciana Carla Dos Santos EliasSandra DunsmuirNatalia EgorovaNicolas FavezAnne-Marie FontaineHeather ForanJulia FrickeKaichiro FurutaniMyrna GannagéMaria GasparLucie GodboutAmit GoldenbergJames J GrossMaria Ancuta GurzaMai HelmyMai Trang HuynhTaishi KawamotoLjiljana B LazarevicSarah Le VigourouxAstrid Lebert-CharronVanessa LemeCarolyn MacCannDenisse Manrique-MillonesMarisa MatiasMaría Isabel Miranda-OrregoMarina MisciosciaClara Morgades-BambaSeyyedeh Fatemeh MousaviAna MunteanSally OlderbakFatumo OsmanDaniela Oyarce-CadizPablo A Pérez-DíazKonstantinos V PetridesClaudia Pineda-MarinAlena PrikhidkoRicardo T RicciFernando Salinas-QuirozAinize SarrionandiaCéline ScolaAlessandra SimonelliPaola Silva CabreraBart SoenensEmma SorbringMatilda SorkkilaCharlotte SchrooyenElena StănculescuElena StarchenkovaDorota SzczygielJavier TapiaThi Minh Thuy TriMélissa TremblayHedwig van BakelLesley VerhofstadtJaqueline WendlandSaengduean YotanyamaneewongMoïra MikolajczakPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2023)
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.