Wypalenie rodzicielskie wśród rodziców dzieci z niepełnosprawnościami i chorobami przewlekłymi

The purpose of this study was to assess the severity of parental burnout among parents of children with disabilities and chronic illness. It was hypothesized that these parents would be characterized by higher levels of parental burnout and that their child’s disability and chronic illness would moderate the relationship of parental burnout with sociodemographic factors. The study was conducted with 254 parents (Mage = 35.37 years; SDage = 5.80) with children aged one month to 35 years; 22% of parents had a child with a disability or chronic illness. The Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) questionnaire was used to verify the research hypotheses. The correlation analyses showed that parents of children with disabilities had higher levels of parental burnout, and as the degree of constraints related to the child’s difficulties increased, the level of parental burnout increased. The moderation analyses proved to be statistically significant for the relationship between the number of children and parental burnout. Similar relationships were not found concerning the relationship of parental burnout with the fact of having a child under five or the gender of the parent. The study indicated that there are relationships between having a child with a disability or chronic illness, the degree of their limitations, and parental burnout.