Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
A systematic review of parental burnout and related factors among parents
Originally published 2024-02-05 · BMC Public Health
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s12889-024-17829-y ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Where do self-compassion and family support fit among the factors associated with parental burnout?
Places self-compassion and concern for others within a broader account of parental burnout that also includes family, community and cultural factors. It avoids reducing caregiver kindness to individual effort alone.
Who was studied?
Twenty-six studies of factors associated with parental burnout, drawn from English- and Chinese-language publications.
Age / stage: Parents of children aged 0–18 years
Read with three questions
- How many studies supported each proposed factor?
- How often were the included studies cross-sectional?
- Which factors concern community or social conditions rather than individual parenting?
Keep the limits in view
Many factors were supported by only one or two studies, often cross-sectional. The review identifies associations rather than showing that modifying any one factor will prevent or treat burnout.
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Xiaohe Ren; Yingying Cai; Jingyi Wang; Ou Chen (2024). A systematic review of parental burnout and related factors among parents BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17829-y
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