Does Informal Caregiving Lead to Parental Burnout? Comparing Parents Having (or Not) Children With Mental and Physical Issues

Frontiers in Psychology

Pierre Gérain¹ 

关键词: burnout;    exhaustion;    parent;    informal caregiver;    family caregiver;    children;    personality;    special needs;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00884

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: Parenting a child with special needs (CSN) may be an important challenge. Previous research has highlighted an increased risk of parental burnout among parents caring for their CSN. Yet, these studies only focused on children with specific issues and did not consider the wide variety of CSN. There is thus a need to take a more global approach to assessing the impact of caring for a CSN on parental burnout. In addition, the impact on parental burnout of personality and parenting (dis)agreement needs to be measured to have a better understanding of parent-caregivers’ (PCgs) burnout.

【 授权许可】

CC BY