Yılmaz Feyza, Göksel Pelin
Samsun Mental Health Disorder Hospital, Samsun, Turkey.
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Adult Psychiatry, Samsun, Turkey.
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2025 May 31. doi: 10.1007/s00737-025-01596-9.
Being a parent, in addition to its rewarding aspects, also involves significant psychological and physical challenges. When the balance between caregiving burden and support resources is disrupted, it becomes almost inevitable for mothers to experience burnout. We designed our study to investigate the factors related to burnout complaints in mothers of preschool children.
The sample of our study consisted of 80 mothers who presented to psychiatry clinics with burnout complaints and 80 healthy controls. Data collection tools included the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Parenting Stress Index, and the Spousal Support Scale. Scale scores were compared between the groups. The mediating role of the Spousal Support Scale (SSS) in the relationship between the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was tested using path analysis.
No statistically significant age difference was found between the two groups (p > 0.05). The number of children among participants in the burnout group was higher (p = 0.018).In the burnout group, a positive and statistically significant relationship was found between the total scores of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (r: 0.664; p: 0.000), and a negative and statistically significant relationship with the total score of the Spousal Support Scale (SSS) (r: -0.409; p: 0.000).The indirect effect of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) on the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) through the Spousal Support Scale (SSS) was found to be statistically significant ( [Formula: see text] = -0.3294, p < 0.001).
Parental stress is associated with the level of burnout in mothers. However, spousal support may weaken the relationship between parental stress and burnout. Further research on the relationship between spousal support and burnout, as well as awareness projects related to spousal support, is needed.
为人父母，除了有回报的一面外，还涉及重大的心理和生理挑战。当照顾负担与支持资源之间的平衡被打破时，母亲们几乎不可避免地会出现倦怠。我们设计本研究以调查学龄前儿童母亲中与倦怠投诉相关的因素。
我们的研究样本包括80名因倦怠投诉前往精神病诊所的母亲和80名健康对照者。数据收集工具包括马氏倦怠量表、育儿压力指数和配偶支持量表。比较两组的量表得分。使用路径分析测试配偶支持量表（SSS）在育儿压力指数（PSI）与马氏倦怠量表（MBI）之间关系中的中介作用。
两组之间未发现统计学上显著的年龄差异（p>0.05）。倦怠组参与者的子女数量更多（p = 0.018）。在倦怠组中，马氏倦怠量表（MBI）总分与育儿压力指数（PSI）之间存在正相关且具有统计学意义（r：0.664；p：0.000），与配偶支持量表（SSS）总分存在负相关且具有统计学意义（r：-0.409；p：0.000）。发现育儿压力指数（PSI）通过配偶支持量表（SSS）对马氏倦怠量表（MBI）的间接效应具有统计学意义（[公式：见正文]= -0.3294，p < 0.001）。
父母压力与母亲的倦怠水平相关。然而，配偶支持可能会削弱父母压力与倦怠之间的关系。需要进一步研究配偶支持与倦怠之间的关系以及与配偶支持相关的认知项目。
