Analysis of “The Level of Relatives’ Emotional Burnout” Measure (V. V. Bocharov, A. M. Shishkova)

Introduction. The relevance of the study is due to the need to address the issues of diagnosing emotional burnout in parents whose children have mental disorders. In theory, there are unresolved issues related to the imperfection of a reliable verification of the theoretical foundations laid down in diagnostic methods, the lack of formation of the terminological apparatus, the lack of a special diagnostic apparatus for studying the emotional burnout of parents that meets the requirements of completeness and consistency. The aim of the article is a categorical analysis of “The Level of Relatives’ Emotional Burnout” measure LREB, developed by V. V. Bocharov and A. M. Shishkova, based on the application of methods of categorical-systemic methodology. Materials and Methods. As methods of categorical-systemic methodology, the hexagram and the pentagram of Wu Xing are used. The study of parents raising children with mental disabilities is carried out by a survey method. The LREB technique is currently undergoing extensive testing. Results. In the course of the study, an analysis of publications on the stated problem was carried out, which showed that the authors use a different terminological apparatus. The phenomenon of emotional burnout of parents is called: parental burnout; parental burnout syndrome; burnout syndrome; emotional exhaustion. This phenomenon indicates that the psychology of emotional burnout is at the initial stage of the formation of a theoretical basis, as a result of which the relevance of the study is beyond doubt. Diagnosing parents raising children with mental disorders made it possible to identify the stages of emotional burnout that are relevant for their state. Discussion and Conclusion. On the basis of the use of the hexagram in the LREB methodology, a dichotomous contradiction in the dyad of resource and destructive tendencies was revealed, and the Wu Xing pentagram made it possible to identify the factors that have the strongest effect on “burnout” parents. The results of the research can be used in the development of diagnostic methods for studying the phenomenon under consideration and allow us to speak about the reliability, completeness and systemicity, developed by V. V. Bocharov and A. M. Shishkova, of “The Level of Relatives’ Emotional Burnout” measure.