A Binational Comparative Study on Parental Burnout and Parental Involvement

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: Assessing Parent Perceptions of Family, School, Community Partnerships (Table 14)

Abstract

Parental stress experience and parental involvement greatly influence child development. Yet, few attempts have been made to combine these topics and examine their common influencing factors. Using the Demands-Resources Framework, we investigated the relationships between parental burnout, involvement, self-esteem, and parent-school collaboration in a cross-cultural setting. Participants were 856 Chinese and 421 German parents. The results of latent mean comparisons showed that Chinese parents reported more parental burnout symptoms, less involvement, lower self-esteem, and higher quality of parent-school collaboration than German parents. Multi-group structural equation models revealed that the relationships between parental burnout, involvement, and presumed influencing factors were comparable across cultures. Furthermore, self-esteem and parent-school collaboration can be seen as protective factors against parental burnout and promote parental involvement.

Authors

• Ziwen Teuber, University of Luxembourg
  Presenting Author

• Sandra Grüter, Bielefeld University
  Presenting Author

• Qichen Wang, Peking University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Katarzyna Anna Bobrowicz, University of Luxembourg
  Non-Presenting Author

• Yanjie Su, Peking University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Samuel Greiff, University of Luxembourg
  Non-Presenting Author