Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Occupational stress, work-life balance, and coping among female veterinarians in Germany
Originally published 2026-09-18 · Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fvets.2026.1936424 ↗
Workplace evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about protected breaks and collegial support in a care-intensive profession; the original evidence concerns 152 female veterinarians in Germany surveyed in 2024-2025.
Examines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
What does caring for others cost when there is no room for a break?
This reading brings workload manageability, breaks and informal coping under work-life imbalance into the kindness pathway. The exploratory cross-sectional online survey offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
152 female veterinarians in Germany surveyed in 2024-2025
Age / stage: Working adult women; children not directly assessed
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess workload manageability, conscious breaks and coping reports?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about associations with working more than 40 hours and perceived balance?
- What would need to be checked before adopting protected breaks and collegial support in a care-intensive profession?
Keep the limits in view
A small self-selected female veterinary sample cannot establish causal health effects or represent all workers; coping reports do not demonstrate treatment effectiveness.
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Lea Kolsch; László Ózsvári; Marietta Máté (2026). Occupational stress, work-life balance, and coping among female veterinarians in Germany Frontiers in Veterinary Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2026.1936424
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