Black Kristen Jennings, Cunningham Christopher J L, Gillespie Darria Long, Wyatt Kara D
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, United States.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, United States.
Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 21;13:977782. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.977782. eCollection 2022.
Recent societal changes, including a global pandemic, have exacerbated experiences of and attention to burnout related to work and parenting. In the present study, we investigated how several social forces can act as demands and resources to impact work-related and parental burnout. We tested two primary hypotheses in a sample of women who responded to an online survey ( for analyses ranged from 2376 to 3525). We found that social comparisons, social media use, negative emotions when comparing oneself to others on social media, and a high do it all discrepancy (feeling one should be able to do it all more so than perceptions that one can) were correlated with higher reports of work-related and parental burnout. Alternatively, positive emotions when comparing oneself to others and social support were related to lower reports of work-related and parental burnout. The influence of social media use on burnout was mediated by the emotions experienced when comparing oneself to others on social media. Tests of moderation indicated that social comparisons had stronger relationships with burnout for those with higher expectations that they should be able to do it all verses can do it all. Tests of social support as a moderator of the relationships between social demands and burnout were largely non-significant. Based on these findings, we make practical suggestions for interventions to increase positive emotions experienced from social media use, and to mediate the do it all discrepancy by redefining expectations around "doing it all."
近期的社会变革，包括全球大流行，加剧了与工作和育儿相关的倦怠经历及关注度。在本研究中，我们调查了几种社会力量如何作为需求和资源来影响与工作相关的倦怠和育儿倦怠。我们在一个对在线调查做出回应的女性样本中检验了两个主要假设（分析样本范围从2376人到3525人）。我们发现，社会比较、社交媒体使用、在社交媒体上与他人比较时的负面情绪，以及高度的“全能差异”（感觉自己应该比认为自己能做到的更有能力做到所有事情）与更高的与工作相关的倦怠和育儿倦怠报告相关。相反，在社交媒体上与他人比较时的积极情绪和社会支持与更低的与工作相关的倦怠和育儿倦怠报告相关。社交媒体使用对倦怠的影响是通过在社交媒体上与他人比较时所体验到的情绪来介导的。调节效应检验表明，对于那些期望自己应该能够做到所有事情而非能够做到所有事情的人来说，社会比较与倦怠的关系更强。作为社会需求与倦怠之间关系调节因素的社会支持检验在很大程度上不显著。基于这些发现，我们为干预措施提出了切实可行的建议，以增加从社交媒体使用中体验到的积极情绪，并通过重新定义围绕“全能”的期望来调节“全能差异”。
