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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «PSICHOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «PSYCHOLOGY»
ISSN 2304-1226 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Psychology». 2025. Vol 52

Personality Predictors of Parenting Burnout of Mothers Having Children with Disabilities

Author(s)
A. G. Prodovikova, A. A. Gasparyan
Abstract
The article presents the results of the study of parenting burnout of mothers having children with disabilities. The sampling was divided into three groups depending on care complexity. The study has found that the structure of burnout differed between mothers with different level of care complexity. The group of mothers with a mild level of care complexity showed predominance of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization measures, while mothers with a severe level of care complexity tend to underestimate their achievement as a parent. In the overall sampling, an average level of perfectionism has been shown to be related to emotional exhaustion and is its predictor. Each subgroup has shown specific relationships between personality traits and parenting burnout measures. In the group where mothers had mild level of care complexity there were direct correlations between benevolence and emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. In the group where mothers had severe level of care complexity emotional exhaustion established positive correlation with perfectionism focused on others, and negative one with a person’s integrity.
About the Authors

Prodovikova Anastasia Gennadievna, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Perm State National Research University, 15, Bukireva st., Perm, 614990, Russian Federation, e-mail: arilama@yandex.ru

Gasparyan Anna Andreevna, Clinical Psychologist, Perm State National Research University, 15, Bukireva st., Perm, 614990, Russian Federation, e-mail: goldobinaanna@icloud.com

For citation
Prodovikova A.G., Gasparyan A.A. Personality Predictors of Parenting Burnout of Mothers Having Children with Disabilities. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 2025, vol. 52, pp. 59-76. https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2025.52.59 (in Russian)
Keywords
parenting burnout, mothers, children with disabilities, Big Five personality traits, perfectionism, attitude to child’s illness.
UDC
159.973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2025.52.59
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