Parental Burnout in Hungary - Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Hungarian Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA-HUN)

Abstract

Introduction: Parental burnout might take place when excessive demands overwhelm the parents’ resources. Aims: To develop and validate the Hungarian version of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA-HUN), an instrument designed to measure parental burnout; and to determine the prevalence of parental burnout in Hungary. Methods: Data were collected via an online survey from parents with at least one child living in the household (N = 1215; 82.6% mothers; Mage = 38.68 years; SDage = 6.27 years). Confirmatory factor analysis was used to investigate the factor structure of the PBA-HUN. Results: The four-factor structure of the original PBA was replicated, confirming the following factors: exhaustion in one’s parental role, contrast with one’s parental role, feelings of being fed up, and emotional distancing from one’s children. A second-order model with a higher-order factor representing overall parental burnout also fit the data well. The internal consistency of both the subscale and total scores was excellent (α ≥ 0.84). Parental burnout had a moderately strong negative correlation with life satisfaction, and weak or moderate positive correlations with perceived stress, depression, vital exhaustion, and COVID-specific perceived stress supporting the construct validity of the PBA-HUN. The prevalence of parental burnout stood at 5.8% in this sample. The weak relationship between PBA-HUN scores and sociodemographic factors was also similar to those found in prior studies. Parental burnout correlated negatively with the number of hours spent sleeping and engaging in spare time activity, respectively. Conclusions: The PBA-HUN is a reliable and valid tool to assess parental burnout in Hungary.

Validation of the Ukrainian version of the Parental Burnout Assessment

“…First, although the present study was carried out among a relatively large sample, the majority of participants were mothers. Fathers’ participation in parental burnout studies in other countries is also lower than that of mothers ( Roskam et al, 2018 ; Aunola et al, 2020 ; Hamvai et al, 2022 ). However, in our sample, this difference is especially notable.…”

“…Regarding the prevalence of PB, respondents were considered to experience PB if they scored 92 or higher on the PBA, which is the mean score of a parent who experiences every symptom at least once a week ( Szczygieł et al, 2020 ; Sarrionandia and Aliri, 2021 ; Hamvai et al, 2022 ). Using this cut-off, the prevalence rate of burnout stood at 10.17% in the total sample; 10.83% for mothers and 3.13% for fathers.…”

“…Our results showed higher levels of PB in comparison to participants from 42 other countries. Previously, the highest preval1ence rates of PB were found in Belgium (8.1% for the total sample), Poland (7.7% for the total sample), Canada (6,5% for the total sample) ( Roskam et al, 2021 ), and Hungary [5.8% of the total sample ( Hamvai et al, 2022 )]. Thus, PB, appears to be an urgent problem in Ukraine.…”

“…[5.8% of the total sample (Hamvai et al, 2022)]. Thus, PB, appears to be an urgent problem in Ukraine.…”

Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord

“…The effect of burnout increases cynicism, helplessness, depression, hopelessness, and psychologically demanding situations. [5,[18][19][20] The statistical record showed that 3.5 million parents in the US, [17] barely 5% in the European and Anglo-Saxon countries, [21] and above 5% in Hungary [22] experienced burnout. Burnout could be experienced by everyone irrespective of gender male or female.…”