When Parental Burnout Hits: Dyadic Effects on Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Families, Buffering Role of Supportive Coparenting and Differences Across Family Fertility Situations

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI:10.1111/jmft.70040

Menghao Ren, Xiaohang Luo, Cui Wu, Ruoshui Zhao, Yu Xia, Xinyi Han

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Abstract

Parental burnout has become increasingly common, often accompanied by depressive symptoms. This study aims to explore the actor and partner effects of parental burnout on depressive symptoms, alongside the moderating role of supportive coparenting and its differences between only-child and non-only-child families. Longitudinal dyadic data were collected from 501 heterosexual parent dyads at two time points. First, Actor-Partner Interdependence Model results showed that parental burnout had significant actor and partner effects on maternal depressive symptoms, but only a partner effect on paternal depressive symptoms. Second, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Moderation Model results revealed that maternal perceived supportive coparenting buffered both the adverse effects of maternal burnout on mothers and fathers, while exacerbating the adverse effects of paternal burnout on fathers. Finally, multi-group analysis showed that significant differences in the moderating effects of perceived supportive coparenting between only-child and non-only-child families.

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当父母倦怠来袭：中国家庭抑郁症状的二元效应、支持性父母教养的缓冲作用和家庭生育状况的差异

父母的职业倦怠变得越来越普遍，通常伴随着抑郁症状。本研究旨在探讨父母倦怠对抑郁症状的行动者和伴侣效应，以及支持性父母教养的调节作用及其在独生子女和非独生子女家庭中的差异。在两个时间点收集了501对异性恋父母的纵向二元数据。首先，行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型结果显示，父母倦怠对母亲抑郁症状有显著的行为者和伴侣效应，而对父亲抑郁症状只有显著的伴侣效应。第二，行为者-伴侣相互依赖调节模型结果显示，母亲感知的支持性父母教养既缓冲了母亲倦怠对母亲和父亲的不利影响，又加剧了父亲倦怠对父亲的不利影响。最后，通过多组分析发现，独生子女家庭和非独生子女家庭在感知支持性父母教养的调节作用上存在显著差异。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Marital & Family Therapy (JMFT) is published quarterly by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is one of the best known and most influential family therapy journals in the world. JMFT is a peer-reviewed journal that advances the professional understanding of marital and family functioning and the most effective psychotherapeutic treatment of couple and family distress. Toward that end, the Journal publishes articles on research, theory, clinical practice, and training in marital and family therapy.