Revision And Trial Report Of The Parental Burnout Assessment

Parental burnout is a negative syndrome resulting from parental identity and enduring exposure to chronic parenting stress.It encompasses an overwhelming exhaustion related to one’s parental role,an emotional distancing with one’s children and a sense of ineffectiveness in one’s parental role.Scholars use the Balance Between Risks and Resources Model to explain parenting burnout and carry out a series of research around its measurements,antecedent variables and consequence variables.However,Chinese scholars are still in the initial stage of the research on parental burnout,and there are limited empirical studies on it.Because of the difference between Chinese and Western culture,it is a new and practical research topic to carry out the parental burnout studies in China.The most important thing in the research of parental burnout under the background of Chinese context is to translate and revise the Chinese version of parental burnout assessment scale,so as to provide a scientific measurement for the future research of parental burnout.In this study,a total of 614 families from the eighth grade students and their parents of Henan Province were investigated by questionnaire surveys.The data were collected twice with a time interval of30 days.At T1,parental burnout(by the Parental version),job burnout and marital satisfaction were collected from parents;At T2,parents’ parental burnout,job burnout,neuroticism and agreeableness were collected.While the student version was tested at T1 with the collection of student life satisfaction and loneliness;At T2 the data collection of antisocial behavior and depression were conducted.Statistical methods such as exploratory factor analysis,confirmatory factor analysis and Pearson correlation analysis were used.First,the structural validity of PBA was verified.Second,the simultaneous validity of T1 and T2 time points was analyzed.Third,the predictive validity of the later-measured variable is detected again.Last,the prevalence of parental burnout was investigated.The main conclusions are as follows:First,the Chinese version of parenting burnout assessment scale PBA is a single dimensional scale.The Cronbach’s α of the factor was 0.952.Second,Simultaneous validity supports the effectiveness of the Chinese version of the Parental Burnout Assessment Scale(PBA).T1 parental burnout and T1 parents emotional exhaustion,personality disintegration showed a significant positive correlation.T1 parental burnout was significantly negatively correlated with T1 parent’s marital satisfaction,and significantly negatively correlated with the T1 life satisfaction of student.T1 mother’s parental burnout was significantly positively correlated with T1student’s loneliness.T2 parental burnout and T2 parents emotional exhaustion,personality disintegration showed a significant positive correlation.T2 parental burnout was significantly positively correlated with T2 parent’s neuroticism,and was significantly negatively correlated with T2 parent’s agreeableness.T2 mother’s parental burnout was significantly positively correlated with the T2 student’s antisocial behavior.T2 parental burnout was significantly positively correlated with T2 student’s depression.Third,Prediction validity also supports the effectiveness of the Chinese version of the Parental Burnout Assessment Scale(PBA).T1 parental burnout and T2 parent’s emotional exhaustion,personality disintegration showed a significant positive correlation.T1 parental burnout was significantly positively correlated with T2 student’s antisocial behavior.T1 mother’s parental burnout was significantly positively correlated with T2 student’s depression.last,the prevalence of fathers’ parental burnout in China was ranged from 1.5% to 9.7%,while for mothers,it stayed at 0.9% to11.5%.Longitudinal dynamic data shows that sample burnout parents are divided into four types and mothers are more likely to feel burnout than fathers.The results show that the Chinese version of the Parental Burnout Assessment Scale(PBA)can be used as a scientific measurement for future research.From this perspective,future research could explore the intrinsic influence mechanism and external manifestation of Chinese parents’ parental burnout by this scale,and consequently result in the improvements of parenting and the healthy growth of adolescents.