Associations Between Parental Burnout, Job Burnout, and Children's School Burnout: Protective Role of Buoyancy

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Abstract

This study examined the extent to which parental- and job burnout may spill over to children’s school burnout, and whether academic buoyancy may serve as a protective factor in these associations. The participants were 2706 students (41% males) and their parents (80% mothers) from the Helsinki Metropolitan area. During the fall 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic parents and students answered to questions concerning their well-being (parental- and job burnout, school burnout), and academic buoyancy. The results were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with Mplus. The findings indicated that especially parental burnout but not job burnout spilled over to children and manifested as school burnout. Academic buoyancy, in turn, buffered against these negative effects of parental burnout on school burnout.

Authors

• Katja Upadyaya, University of Helsinki
  Presenting Author

• Matilda Sorkkila, University of Jyväskylä
  Non-Presenting Author

• Anne-Elina Salo, University of Turku
  Non-Presenting Author

• Katariina Salmela-Aro, University of Helsinki
  Non-Presenting Author