Publications /evidence-based books
Publications /peer-reviewed articles
The following publications are from our team and other's. They give an overview of what is currently known about parental burnout.
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Mikolajczak, M., Gross, J.J., & Roskam, I. (in press). Beyond job burnout: Parental burnout! Trends in Cognitive Sciences (Preprint).
Hansotte, L., Nguyen, N., Roskam, I., Stinglhamber, F. & Mikolajczak, M. (in press). Are all Burned Out Parents Neglectful and Violent? A Latent Profile Analysis. Journal of Child and Family Studies (Preprint).
Brianda, M.E., Roskam, I. & Mikolajczak, M. (2020). Psychoneuroendocrinology research is needed on parental burnout: A response to Walther, Walther, and Heald’s comment on Hair cortisol concentrations as a biomarker of parental burnout”. Psychoneuroendocrinology (Pdf).
Brianda, M-E., Roskam, I., & Mikolajczak, M. (2020). Hair Cortisol Concentration as a Biomarker of Parental Burnout . Psychoneuroendocrinology. (Pdf)
Griffith, A.K. (2020). Parental Burnout and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Family Violence (Preprint)
Pérez-Díaz, P., & Oyarce Cádiz, D. (2020). Burnout parental en Chile y género: un modelo para comprender el burnout en madres chilenas. Revista de Psicología, 29(1). (Pdf)
Lin, G. -X., Hansotte, L., Szczygieł, D., Meeussen, L., Roskam, I., & Mikolajczak, M. (2020). Parenting with a smile: Display rules, regulatory effort, and parental burnout. PsyArXiV. (Preprint)
Blanchard, A-L., Roskam, I., Mikolajczak, M., & Heeren, A. (2020). A network approach to parental burnout. PsyArXiV. (Preprint)
Bayot, M., Roskam, I., Gallée, L. , & Mikolajczak, M. (in press). When emotional intelligence backfires: Interactions between intra- and interpersonal emotional competencies in the case of parental burnout. Journal of Individual Differences. (Pdf)
Brianda, M.E. , Roskam, I., Gross, J.J., Franssen, A., Kapala, F., Gérard, F., Mikolajczak, M. (2020). Treating Parental Burnout: Impact of Two Treatment Modalities on Burnout Symptoms, Emotions, Hair Cortisol, and Parental Neglect and Violence. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. (Pdf)
Roskam, I., & Mikolajczak, M. (2020). Gender Differences in the Nature, the Antecedents, and the Consequences of Parental Burnout. Sex Roles. (Pdf)
Mikolajczak, M., Gross, J. J., Stinglhamber, F., Lindahl Norberg, A., & Roskam, I. (2020). Is parental burnout distinct from job burnout and depressive symptomatology? Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 673-689. (Pdf)
Cheng, H., Wang, W., Wang, S., Li, Y., Liu, X., & Li, Y. (2020). Validation of a Chinese Version of the Parental Burnout Assessment . Frontiers in Psychology, 11(321). (Pdf)
Sorkkila, M., & Aunola, K. (2020). Risk factors for parental burnout among Finnish parents: The role of socially prescribed perfectionism. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 648-659. (Pdf)
Sánchez-Rodríguez, R., Orsini, E., Laflaquière, E., Callahan, S., & Séjourné, N. (2019). Depression, anxiety, and guilt in mothers with burnout of preschool and T school-aged children: Insight from a cluster analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 259, 244-250. (Pdf)
Mikolajczak, M., Gross, J. J., & Roskam, I. (2019). Parental Burnout: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter? Clinical Psychological Science, 7(6), 1319–1329. (Pdf)
Sánchez-Rodríguez, R., Perier, S., Callahan, S., & Séjourné, N. (2019). Revue de la littérature relative au burnout parental. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. (Pdf)
César, F., Costa, P., Oliveira, A., & Fontaine, A. M. (2018). “To suffer in paradise”: Feelings mothers share on Portuguese Facebook sites. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1797. (Pdf)
Gérain, P., & Zech, E. (2018). Does informal caregiving lead to parental burnout? Comparing parents having (or not) children with mental and physical issues. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 884. (Pdf)
Hubert, S., & Aujoulat, I. (2018). Parental burnout: When exhausted mothers open up. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1021. (Pdf)
Kawamoto, T. K., Furutani, K., & Alimardani, M. (2018). Preliminary validation of Japanese version of the Parental Burnout Inventory and its relationship with perfectionism. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 970. (Pdf)
Lebert, A., Dorard, G., Boujut, E., & Wendland, J. (2018). Maternal burnout syndrome: contextual and psychological associated factors. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 885. (Pdf)
Le Vigouroux, S., & Scola, C. (2018). Differences in parental burnout: Influence of demographic factors and personality of parents and children. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 887. (Pdf)
Leineweber, C., Falkenberg, H., & Albrecht, S. C. (2018). Parent's relative perceived work flexibility compared to their partner is associated with emotional exhaustion. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 640. (Pdf)
Meeussen, L., & Van Laar, C. (2018). Feeling pressure to be a perfect mother relates to parental burnout and career ambitions. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 2113. (Pdf)
Mikolajczak, M., Brianda, M. E., Avalosse, H., & Roskam, I. (2018). Consequences of parental burnout: a preliminary investigation of escape and suicidal ideations, sleep disorders, addictions, marital conflicts, child abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 80, 134-145. (Pdf)
Mikolajczak, M., & Roskam, I. (2018). A Theoretical and Clinical Framework for Parental Burnout: The Balance Between Risks and Resources (BR²). Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 886. (Pdf)
Sánchez-Rodríguez, R., Callahan, S., & Séjourné, N. (2018). L’épuisement des mères de jeunes enfants: une étude exploratoire. Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 28(2), 72-79. (Pdf)
Van Bakel, H. J., Van Engen, M. L., & Peters, P. (2018). Validity of the Parental Burnout Inventory Among Dutch Employees. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 697. (Pdf)
Roskam, I., Brianda, M.-E., & Mikolajczak, M. (2018). A Step Forward in the Conceptualization and Measurement of Parental Burnout: The Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA). Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 758. (Pdf)
Séjourné, N., Sanchez-Rodriguez, R., Leboullenger, A., & Callahan, S. (2018). Maternal burn-out: an exploratory study. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 36(3), 276-288. (Pdf)
Le Vigouroux, S., Scola, C., Raes, M. E., Mikolajczak, M., & Roskam, I. (2017). The Big Five Personality Traits and Parental Burnout: Protective and Risk Factors. Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 216-219. (Pdf)
Roskam, I., Raes, M.-E., & Mikolajczak, M. (2017). Exhausted Parents: Development and Preliminary Validation of the Parental Burnout Inventory. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 163. (Pdf)
Lindahl Norberg, A., Mellgren, K., Winiarski, J., & Forinder, U. (2014). Relationship between problems related to child late effects and parent burnout after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatric transplantation, 18, 302-309. (Pdf)
Lindström, C., Åman, J., & Norberg, A. L. (2011). Parental burnout in relation to sociodemographic, psychosocial and personality factors as well as disease duration and glycaemic control in children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Acta Paediatrica, 100, 1011-1017. (Pdf)
Lindström, C., Åman, J., & Norberg, A. L. (2010). Increased prevalence of burnout symptoms in parents of chronically ill children. Acta paediatrica, 99, 427-432. (Pdf)
Norberg, A. L. (2010). Parents of children surviving a brain tumor: burnout and the perceived disease-related influence on everyday life. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 32, e285-e289. (Pdf)
Norberg, A. L. (2007). Burnout in mothers and fathers of children surviving brain tumour. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 14, 130-137. (Pdf)
Weiss, M. J. (2002). Hardiness and social support as predictors of stress in mothers of typical children, children with autism, and children with mental retardation. Autism, 6, 115-130. (Pdf)