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19-04-2023 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Structural Inequities in Self-compassion and Parental Burnout

Auteurs: Emily Kroshus, Matt Hawrilenko, Pooja S. Tandon, Anne Browning, Mary Kathleen Steiner, Dimitri A. Christakis

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 5/2023

Abstract

Objectives

When parenting-related stressors and coping resources are chronically imbalanced, there is risk of parental burnout, and consequent negative impact on parent and child wellbeing. The objective of this study was to determine the relations between structural and social determinants of health inequities, self-compassion (a theoretically indicated coping practice), and parental burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method

Participants were parents (n = 2324) with at least one child aged 4–17 in the household recruited from NORC’s AmeriSpeak Panel (a probability-based panel providing coverage of 97% of the US household population). Parents completed an online or telephone questionnaire in English or Spanish in December 2020. Structural equation modeling was used to test a system of relations between income, race and ethnicity, parental burnout, and parent and child mental health. Indirect effects and moderation by self-compassion were also tested.

Results

On average, parents experienced symptoms of burnout several days per week. Symptoms were the most frequent among parents with the least income, as well as female-identified and Asian parents. More self-compassion was associated with less parental burnout, and fewer parent and child mental health difficulties. Black and Hispanic parents were more self-compassionate compared to white parents, helping to explain similar levels of parental burnout and relatively better mental health outcomes, despite comparatively more stressors.

Conclusions

Self-compassion is a potentially promising target for interventions aiming to address parental burnout; however, such efforts must not detract from critical structural changes to reduce parenting stressors, particularly those impacting parents experiencing systemic racism and other forms of socioeconomic disadvantage.

Preregistration

This study is not preregistered.

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Titel: Structural Inequities in Self-compassion and Parental Burnout
Auteurs: Emily Kroshus
Matt Hawrilenko
Pooja S. Tandon
Anne Browning
Mary Kathleen Steiner
Dimitri A. Christakis
Publicatiedatum: 19-04-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness / Uitgave 5/2023
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02104-9

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