The Mediating Effect of Resilience in the Relationship between Parenting Anxiety and Parental Burnout of Mothers with Infant and Toddler Children

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between parenting anxiety and parental burnout among mothers of young children. The study targeted 263 mothers with young children attending daycare centers in G Province. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and Process macro 4.0, including descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and mediating effect analysis. The results of the study are as follows. First, mothers’ parenting anxiety and parental burnout were found to be relatively low, while resilience was evaluated as above average. Second, the relationship between mothers’ parenting anxiety, resilience, and parental burnout showed significant negative correlations between parenting anxiety and resilience, as well as between resilience and parental burnout. Parenting anxiety was found to have a significant positive correlation with parental burnout. Third, parenting anxiety had a positive effect on parental burnout, while resilience played a partial mediating role in the effect of parenting anxiety on parental burnout. These findings highlight the impact of parenting anxiety on parental burnout among mothers of young children, and by confirming the importance of resilience as a means to reduce parental burnout, the study provides implications for preventing parental burnout in the child-rearing process.