COVID-19 and Parental Burnout: Parents Locked Down but Not More Exhausted

Lockdowns put in place in response to the COVID-19 health crisis have changed daily functioning for families and potentially the emotional experience of individuals in their parenting role. Our study aimed to highlight the importance of the environmental consequences associated with lockdowns on par...

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Published in:Journal of family issues 2022-07, Vol.43 (7), p.1705-1720
Main Authors: Le Vigouroux, Sarah, Lebert-Charron, Astrid, Wendland, Jaqueline, Boujut, Emilie, Scola, Céline, Dorard, Géraldine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Burnout
Cognitive science
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Employment
Humanities and Social Sciences
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychology
Risk factors
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Summary:Lockdowns put in place in response to the COVID-19 health crisis have changed daily functioning for families and potentially the emotional experience of individuals in their parenting role. Our study aimed to highlight the importance of the environmental consequences associated with lockdowns on parental burnout. We compared data on parental burnout levels from two French samples: the first collected in 2018 (N = 1332) and the second collected during the last month of lockdown (N = 522). Our results show that parents included during the lockdown period reported significantly, but slightly, higher saturation (a dimension of the parental burnout construct) than parents included 2 years earlier. However, the number of children per age group, maintaining employment, and having to provide schooling at home are not variables that explain differences in the level of parental burnout between our two samples. Our results are discussed with regard to the risk factors identified and the French context.
ISSN:0192-513X
1552-5481
DOI:10.1177/0192513X211030038