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The big five personality traits and parental burnout

Authors: Le Vigouroux, Sarah; Scola, Céline; Raes, Marie-Emilie; Mikolajczak, Moira; Roskam, Isabelle;

The big five personality traits and parental burnout

Abstract

Etre parent, qui est un rôle central de la vie adulte, est stimulant et riche en émotions, parfois négatives. Le burnout parental est un trouble émotionnel lié au contexte de la parentalité (Roskam, Raes, & Mikolajczak, sous presse). Si de nombreuses études se sont intéressées aux relations entre les traits de personnalité et d’une part les conduites parentales (pour revue voir Prinzie, Stams, Deković, Reijntjes, & Belsky, 2009) et d’autre part les émotions (e.g. DeNeve & Cooper, 1998 ; Larsen & Ketelaar, 1991), aucune ne questionne l’influence de la personnalité sur le burnout parental. Pour mieux identifier les relations entre ces caractéristiques individuelles et ce syndrome, nous avons interrogés par questionnaires 1723 parents (1499 mères) âgés de 20 à 75 ans (M = 40 ans, ET = 8 ans and 3 mois). Nos résultats indiquent que trois traits de personnalité sont liés à ce syndrome. Un niveau élevé de névrosisme, un faible niveau de consciencieusité et un faible niveau d'agréabilité ont tous été considérés comme des facteurs de risque d'épuisement parental. Les parents qui éprouvent des difficultés à initier et à entretenir des relations affectives positives avec leur (leurs) enfant (s) (neuroticisme élevé), à identifier et à répondre aux besoins de leur (s) enfant (s), à identifier et répondre aux besoins de leurs enfants (faible agréabilité), ou fournir à leur (s) enfant (s) un environnement structuré et cohérent (peu consciencieux) sont plus susceptibles d'éprouver le syndrome d'épuisement parental (Le Vigouroux, Scola, Raes, Mikolajczak, & Roskam, 2017).

Parenting, which is a central part of many adults’ lives, is stimulating and rich in affect, sometimes negative. Parental burnout is an emotional disorder related to the context of parenthood (Roskam, Raes, & Mikolajczak, 2016). Although many studies have investigated the relationship between personality traits and parental behaviors (see Prinzie, Stams, Deković, Reijntjes, & Belsky, 2009) or emotions (eg, DeNeve & Cooper, 1998; Larsen & Ketelaar, 1991), no one questions the influence of personality on parental burnout. To better identify the relationships between these individual characteristics and this syndrome, we questioned 1723 parents (1499 mothers) ranging in age from 20 to 75 years (M = 40 years, SD = 8 years and 3 months). Results indicated that three personality traits are linked to this syndrome. A high level of neuroticism, a low level of conscientiousness, and a low level of agreeableness were all found to be risk factors for burnout among the parents of unselected children. Parents who have difficulty initiating and maintaining positive affective relations with their child(ren) (high neuroticism), identifying and responding to their child(ren)’s needs (low agreeableness), or providing their child(ren) with a structured and coherent environment (low conscientiousness) are more likely to experience parental burnout syndrome (Le Vigouroux, Scola, Roskam, Mikolajczak, & Raes, 2017).

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[SHS.PSY] Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology, dispositional factors, children, personality, parents, parental burnout

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