Empathy and parenthood: The moderating role of maternal trait empathy on parental burnout

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI:10.1111/bjop.12640

Tamar Kadosh-Laor, Liat Israeli-Ran, Ido Shalev, Florina Uzefovsky

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The ability to empathize with others enables us to effectively interact with each other and may have specifically evolved to support parental roles and caregiving. The relationship between parenting and trait empathy is little understood as previous research focused on empathy exclusively in the context of parenting, for example parental sensitivity. Here we aimed to understand how trait empathy may moderate the association between child's negative emotionality and parental burnout. Two cohorts were examined (1) parents of infants (10–18 months old; N = 203) and (2) parents of children (3–10 years old, N = 201). Parents filled out a battery of online questionnaires assessing maternal empathy, parental burnout and child temperament. We found that the relationship between higher levels of negative emotionality and parental burnout is moderated by specific aspects of maternal emotional empathy. Our findings suggest that maternal emotional empathy acts as a buffer against parental burnout when faced with a child's characteristics that incur higher parental demands.

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共情与亲子关系:母亲特质共情对父母倦怠的调节作用

同情他人的能力使我们能够有效地与他人互动，并可能特别进化到支持父母的角色和照顾。由于以往的研究只关注父母教养背景下的共情，例如父母的敏感性，因此人们对父母教养与共情特质之间的关系知之甚少。本研究旨在了解共情特质如何调节儿童负性情绪与父母倦怠之间的关系。研究了两个队列:(1)婴儿的父母(10-18个月大;N = 203)和(2)3-10岁儿童的父母，N = 201)。父母们填写了一系列在线问卷，评估母亲的同理心、父母的倦怠和孩子的性情。研究发现，高负性情绪水平与父母职业倦怠之间的关系受到母亲情感共情的特定方面的调节。我们的研究结果表明，当面对孩子的特征导致父母的更高要求时，母亲的情感共情可以缓冲父母的倦怠。

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British journal of psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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7.60

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2.50%

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