Parental Burnout and Job Burnout Profiles During COVID-19: Associations With Student Characteristics and Parent Involvement

• In Event: Parents and Families as Socializers of Student Cognition and Motivation

Abstract

This study examined latent profiles of parental- and job burnout, and their associations with parental involvement, growth mindset, perceptions of children’s strengths and difficulties, job engagement, job- and parental burnout specific to COVID-19, and remote work situation. The participants were 1314 parents (80% mothers) from the Helsinki Metropolitan area. The results were analyzed using latent profile analysis and multinomial logistic regression. Four latent profiles were identified: low overall burnout (56% of the parents), low parental burnout (29%), high job burnout (8%), and high parental burnout (7%) profiles. Parental involvement and children’s high prosocial skills, increased parents’ probability to belong to the low burnout profile. Children’s problems increased high parental- and job burnout.

Authors

• Katja Upadyaya, University of Helsinki

• Katariina Salmela-Aro, Cicero Learning, University of Helsinki