Faculty of Education and Psychology, Department of Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Brain Behav. 2022 Aug;12(8):e2688. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2688. Epub 2022 Jul 18.
Sleep is crucial for mental well-being. Evidence suggests sleep problems in mothers can result from parental burnout. The possible mediators that link parental burnout to sleep problems have not been investigated. This study seeks to explore the mediational role of emotional schemas as psychological constructs, which relate parental burnout to sleep problems in mothers of school-aged children.
A total of 224 mothers participated voluntarily in this cross-sectional study. Data were collected online. The participants completed Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) scale, Mini Sleep Questionnaire-Persian Version (MSQ-P), and Leahy Emotional Schema Scale (LESS II). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed using the bootstrap method to assess the mediation model.
The findings of this research indicate a positive correlation exists between parental burnout, emotional schemas, and insomnia/hypersomnia. The mediation analysis confirmed parental burnout and insomnia/ hypersomnia are related indirectly through emotional schemas.
Implications of the findings is that when parental burnout is present, the psychological treatment of sleep problems may benefit from targeting emotional schemas. However, further research is needed to determine whether similar mediational effects are replicated.
睡眠对心理健康至关重要。有证据表明，母亲的睡眠问题可能是由于父母倦怠引起的。父母倦怠与睡眠问题之间的中介因素尚未得到调查。本研究旨在探讨情绪图式作为心理结构的中介作用，即父母倦怠与学龄儿童母亲睡眠问题之间的关系。
共有 224 名母亲自愿参加了这项横断面研究。数据是通过在线收集的。参与者完成了父母倦怠评估量表（PBA）、迷你睡眠问卷-波斯语版（MSQ-P）和 Leahy 情绪图式量表（LESS II）。采用 bootstrap 方法进行结构方程建模（SEM），以评估中介模型。
本研究的结果表明，父母倦怠、情绪图式与失眠/嗜睡之间存在正相关关系。中介分析证实，父母倦怠与失眠/嗜睡通过情绪图式间接相关。
研究结果表明，当存在父母倦怠时，针对情绪图式的睡眠问题的心理治疗可能会受益。然而，需要进一步的研究来确定是否存在类似的中介效应。
