The impact of ostracism on parental burnout: The roles of parenting stress and perfectionism.

Résumé

OBJECTIVE: To explore the impact of ostracism on parental burnout as well as the roles of parenting stress and perfectionism.METHODS: In this research, the ostracism experience scale, the parental burnout assessment, the parenting stress index short form and the Hewitt multidimensional perfectionism scale were selected. A two-wave survey was conducted with a two-month interval among 312 mothers of children aged 1 to 18 years.RESULTS: (1) Ostracism positively predicted parental burnout; (2) Parenting Stress mediated the relationship between ostracism and parental burnout; (3) Perfectionism moderated the relationship between parenting stress and parental burnout. Specifically, under high perfectionism, parenting stress had a stronger predictive effect on parental burnout.CONCLUSION: Parenting stress mediates the ostracism-burnout relationship, and perfectionism strengthens the effect of parenting stress on burnout.