Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
IntroductionParental burnout is a mental state that combines long-term stress and depression with an overwhelming feeling of parental pressure.MethodsIn Study 1, we conducted a web-based survey of 390 Chinese parents (75.1% mothers) with children aged 1–18 years old (Mean age = 9.05 years, SD = 5.09...
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| description | IntroductionParental burnout is a mental state that combines long-term stress and depression with an overwhelming feeling of parental pressure.MethodsIn Study 1, we conducted a web-based survey of 390 Chinese parents (75.1% mothers) with children aged 1–18 years old (Mean age = 9.05 years, SD = 5.098) to examine the parental burnout during the COVID-19 global pandemic and to identify associated factors during the national lockdown. In Study 2, eight weeks of resilience intervention was administered to 20 parents to compare parental resilience and parental burnout before and after the intervention.ResultsThe correlational study showed that greater parental burnout occurred in parents with the lower educational levels and in parents of school-age children. The risk factors of parental burnout included household burden and children’s interference with work; while protective factors included living materials, family atmosphere, and parent–child meeting frequency. The intervention study showed the effectiveness of meditation intervention in resilience and parental burnout, suggesting that meditation training can effectively increase parental resilience and reduce parental burnout.DiscussionThese findings demonstrate the risk and protective factors associated with parental burnout during the COVID-19 lockdown and highlight the positive role of meditation in mitigating parental burnout. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bd085bb40754d66931b24d955daf1e22022-12-22T02:45:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10345201034520Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemicYixiao Liu0Yixiao Liu1Jing Han Chee2Ying Wang3Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Gastroenterology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaIntroductionParental burnout is a mental state that combines long-term stress and depression with an overwhelming feeling of parental pressure.MethodsIn Study 1, we conducted a web-based survey of 390 Chinese parents (75.1% mothers) with children aged 1–18 years old (Mean age = 9.05 years, SD = 5.098) to examine the parental burnout during the COVID-19 global pandemic and to identify associated factors during the national lockdown. In Study 2, eight weeks of resilience intervention was administered to 20 parents to compare parental resilience and parental burnout before and after the intervention.ResultsThe correlational study showed that greater parental burnout occurred in parents with the lower educational levels and in parents of school-age children. The risk factors of parental burnout included household burden and children’s interference with work; while protective factors included living materials, family atmosphere, and parent–child meeting frequency. The intervention study showed the effectiveness of meditation intervention in resilience and parental burnout, suggesting that meditation training can effectively increase parental resilience and reduce parental burnout.DiscussionThese findings demonstrate the risk and protective factors associated with parental burnout during the COVID-19 lockdown and highlight the positive role of meditation in mitigating parental burnout.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1034520/fullchild maltreatmentexercise trainingmeditation trainingprotective factorrisk factor |
| spellingShingle | Yixiao Liu Yixiao Liu Jing Han Chee Ying Wang Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic Frontiers in Psychology child maltreatment exercise training meditation training protective factor risk factor |
| title | Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Parental burnout and resilience intervention among Chinese parents during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | parental burnout and resilience intervention among chinese parents during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | child maltreatment exercise training meditation training protective factor risk factor |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1034520/full |
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