Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä.
Methodology Centre for Human Sciences, University of Jyväskylä.
Psychol Assess. 2021 Nov;33(11):1125-1137. doi: 10.1037/pas0001064. Epub 2021 Sep 13.
Since parental burnout can have detrimental consequences for parents, couples, and children, easy-to-use, reliable, and valid practical tools for the early detection of parental burnout are required. We developed and validated a brief scale to identify burned-out parents and parents at burnout risk. In Study 1, we developed the 5-item Brief Parental Burnout scale (BPBs) based on the gold standard measure of parental burnout, the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA). We applied Item Response Theory Graded Response Model (GRM) analyses on the data of 1,725 Finnish parents. Compared against the PBA total score, the five selected items showed both high sensitivity and specificity in screening parental burnout. As expected, burned-out parents and those at burnout risk according to the BPBs displayed higher depressive symptoms, lower self-esteem, and more frequent sleep disruptions than non-burned-out parents. In Study 2, we tested the sensitivity and specificity of the BPBs by using both the BPBs and the PBA as independent assessment tools in a sample of 1,088 Finnish parents. In Study 3, the high sensitivity and specificity of the BPBs found in Study 2 were replicated in an independent sample of 104 Belgian parents. We further demonstrated the concurrent validity of the BPBs test score interpretations by showing that burned-out parents, or those at burnout risk, reported higher child neglect and parental violence than non-burned-out parents. Because of its user-friendliness and the strong psychometric properties of its test score, the BPBs is a good candidate to use as a screening tool for parental burnout. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
由于父母倦怠会对父母、夫妻和孩子产生不利影响，因此需要易于使用、可靠且有效的实用工具来早期发现父母倦怠。我们开发并验证了一个简短的量表，以识别倦怠的父母和有倦怠风险的父母。在研究 1 中，我们根据父母倦怠的金标准测量方法，即父母倦怠评估量表（PBA），开发了 5 项简短父母倦怠量表（BPBs）。我们对 1725 名芬兰父母的数据应用项目反应理论分级反应模型（GRM）分析。与 PBA 总分相比，这五个选定的项目在筛查父母倦怠方面均具有较高的敏感性和特异性。正如预期的那样，与非倦怠的父母相比，倦怠的父母和根据 BPBs 处于倦怠风险中的父母表现出更高的抑郁症状、更低的自尊心和更频繁的睡眠中断。在研究 2 中，我们通过使用 BPBs 和 PBA 作为独立的评估工具，在 1088 名芬兰父母的样本中测试了 BPBs 的敏感性和特异性。在研究 3 中，在 104 名比利时父母的独立样本中复制了研究 2 中发现的 BPBs 的高敏感性和特异性。我们进一步通过显示倦怠的父母或处于倦怠风险中的父母比非倦怠的父母报告更高的儿童忽视和父母暴力行为，证明了 BPBs 测试分数解释的同时效度。由于其用户友好性和测试分数的强大心理计量学特性，BPBs 是用作父母倦怠筛查工具的良好候选者。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
