Urbanowicz Agata Maria, Shankland Rebecca, Rance Jaynie, Bennett Paul, Leys Christophe, Gauchet Aurélie
Grenoble-Alpes University, 621 Avenue Centrale, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France.
Swansea University, Singleton Park, Sketty, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom.
Int J Clin Health Psychol. 2023 Oct-Dec;23(4):100365. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100365. Epub 2023 Mar 4.
Parental burnout increases the risk of deleterious consequences on parents', couples', and children's physical and mental health.
The current study ( = 134) aimed to assess the effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavioural Stress Management (CBSM) group programme in terms of parental burnout reduction. In total 67 parents attended the 8-week CBSM intervention groups, and another 67 parents were assigned to the waiting-list control group. We compared the effectiveness of the CBSM intervention with a waiting-list control group directly after the end of the programme and at three-months follow-up.
The results showed that compared to the control group the CBSM programme contributed to the reduction of parental burnout symptoms with statistically significant and small effect size. Moreover, the contrast analyses showed that the reduction in parental burnout severity was maintained at 3 month-follow-up. The reduction in parental burnout scores was mediated by the decrease in stress and the increase in unconditional self-kindness.
These results highlight the potential benefits of the CBSM programme for parental burnout prevention and reduction.
父母倦怠会增加对父母自身、夫妻关系以及子女身心健康产生有害后果的风险。
本研究（n = 134）旨在评估认知行为压力管理（CBSM）团体项目在减轻父母倦怠方面的有效性。共有67名父母参加了为期8周的CBSM干预组，另外67名父母被分配到等待名单对照组。在项目结束后以及三个月的随访时，我们直接比较了CBSM干预与等待名单对照组的效果。
结果显示，与对照组相比，CBSM项目有助于减轻父母倦怠症状，具有统计学意义且效应量较小。此外，对比分析表明，父母倦怠严重程度的降低在三个月随访时得以维持。父母倦怠得分的降低是由压力的减少和无条件自我关怀的增加介导的。
这些结果凸显了CBSM项目在预防和减轻父母倦怠方面的潜在益处。
