Fatores de Risco ao Envolvimento de Mães com Filhos Pré-Escolares: Associações com Estresse e Burnout

Abstract

Parents’ work can have a positive or negative influence on their children’s development, depending on the frequency with which housework and job demands interfere with their parenting involvements. The goal of this study was to examine the relationships that exist among work demands, stress, burnout and parental involvement among 56 mothers of children between 3 and 5 years of age. Stress, burnout and involvement with a target child were evaluated using instruments tested in previous studies. Mothers who reported spending a greater number of hours on domestic chores reported higher stress and burnout scores and lower frequency of involvement with their child. These results shed light on a critical phase in the life of working women, when their children are young, pointing to a need to strengthen the support network for these workers, and to develop public policies in order to reduce the stress and burden felt by working parents. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)