Objectives Sleep is crucial for mental well‐being. Evidence suggests sleep problems in mothers can result from parental burnout. The possible mediators that link parental burnout to sleep problems have not been investigated. This study seeks to explore the mediational role of emotional schemas as psychological constructs, which relate parental burnout to sleep problems in mothers of school‐aged children. Method A total of 224 mothers participated voluntarily in this cross‐sectional study. Data were collected online. The participants completed Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) scale, Mini Sleep Questionnaire‐Persian Version (MSQ‐P), and Leahy Emotional Schema Scale (LESS II). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed using the bootstrap method to assess the mediation model. Results The findings of this research indicate a positive correlation exists between parental burnout, emotional schemas, and insomnia/hypersomnia. The mediation analysis confirmed parental burnout and insomnia/ hypersomnia are related indirectly through emotional schemas. Conclusion Implications of the findings is that when parental burnout is present, the psychological treatment of sleep problems may benefit from targeting emotional schemas. However, further research is needed to determine whether similar mediational effects are replicated.

Objective Depression in mothers impacts children negatively. Understanding the antecedents and the underlying mechanisms of depression is essential in helping clinicians target depressive symptoms effectively. This study investigated the relationship between parental burnout and depression in mothers and examined the mediation role of Maladaptive Coping modes. Method A total of 224 mothers participated in this study and completed the Parental Burnout Assessment scale, Patient Health Questionnaire, and items related to coping modes in Schema Mode Inventory. Results Data analysis with structural equation modeling revealed that depression and parental burnout were positively and significantly related. Bootstrap analysis showed that all coping modes except the Self‐Aggrandizer mode act as mediators between parental burnout and depression in mothers. Detached Protector mode had the strongest indirect effect on depression. Conclusion The results suggest Maladaptive Coping modes mediate the association between parental burnout and depression. The present finding provides evidence that Maladaptive Coping modes can be considered probable mediational mechanisms that relate depression to parental burnout in mothers and may serve as potential interventional targets.

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Objectives: This study examined the effectiveness of group schema-based parenting education on modifying the child's early maladaptive schemas and improving the quality of the parent-child relationship. Methods: The design of this research is quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study includes all mothers and their daughters aged 8 to 10, in District 2 of Tehran, in 1399-1400. Among 65 mothers who announced their readiness to participate in the course by available sampling, 40 of them were selected according to the inclusion criteria and were randomly assigned to two groups of 20 people in experimental and control group. In this study, Schema Inventory for Children (by Rijkeboer & De Boo) and also the Parent-Child Relationship Scale (by Pinata) were used. The data of this study were analyzed by Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). Results: Data analysis showed that parenting education had a significant effect on schemas of Vulnerability, Mistrust/ Abuse, Failure, Submission, Unrelenting standards/ Hyper criticalness, Self-sacrifice and Entitlement/ Grandiosity, but on the schemas of Loneliness, Defectiveness/ Shame, Enmeshment/ Undeveloped Self and Insufficient self-control/ Self-discipline had no significant effect. Data analysis also showed that parenting education has a significant effect on the subscales of closeness, dependence and total positive relationship, but has no significant effect on conflict. Conclusion: The present study shows that group schema-based parenting education to mothers is effective on modifying some of the early maladaptive schemas of children and improving the quality of the parent-child relationship.