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Validation of the Turkish version of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA)
Gizem Arikan1, Ayse Meltem Üstündağ-Budak2, Ege Akgün3
1Department of Psychology, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Insights
Parental burnout (PB) is a significant issue, and the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) is a valid tool for measuring it in Turkish parents. This study confirms its reliability across genders and identifies factors like support systems influencing parental stress.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cross-cultural psychology
- Clinical psychology
Background:
- Parental burnout (PB) is a growing concern globally, characterized by exhaustion from parenting stress.
- The Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) is the established measure, validated in numerous countries.
- Cultural validation of the PBA is crucial, especially in collectivist societies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To validate the Turkish translation of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA-Turkish).
- To assess the psychometric properties of the PBA-Turkish in a collectivist, Islamic cultural context.
- To explore gender invariance and identify factors associated with parental burnout in Turkey.
Main Methods:
- Confirmatory factor analyses were used to test the PBA's factor structure.
- Measurement invariance across genders was assessed using nested models.
- The PBA-Turkish was administered to 452 Turkish parents, with data analyzed for reliability and validity.
Main Results:
- The PBA-Turkish demonstrated a valid four-factor structure, consistent with the original PBA.
- The measurement model showed good fit for both first- and second-order factor structures.
- The Emotional Distancing subscale exhibited lower reliability; measurement invariance was achieved across genders.
Conclusions:
- The PBA is a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing parental burnout in Turkish parents.
- Parental burnout is a relevant construct in Turkish culture, with specific subscale reliability considerations.
- Non-working and single parents reported higher burnout, highlighting the importance of social support.
Abstract:
Parental Burnout (PB) is an exhaustion syndrome resulting from exposure to overwhelming parenting stress. The current gold-standard instrument, namely, Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) was used in the International Investigation of Parental Burnout (IIPB), a 40-country study of the prevalence of PB around the world. The IIPB study has stimulated worldwide interest, but efforts are still needed to validate the PBA in different cultures. This study is the first on PB in a collectivist, predominantly Islamic country. It aims to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish translation of the PBA. The PBA-Turkish was administered to 452 Turkish parents (60% mothers). The results showed that the PBA is a relevant construct in Turkish culture. We replicated the original four-factor structure of the PBA and tested a second-order factor structure through confirmatory factor analyses. The first- and second-order factor models fit the data well. The Emotional Distancing subscale, however, demonstrated lower reliability than the other subscales. We then attained measurement invariance across genders in a set of nested models with gradually increasing parameter constraints. Finally, non-working and single parents reported higher PB, pointing to the possible role of relationships and support as protective factors for Turkish parents.
