As a researcher and working mom of four, Kate Gawlik has developed the first-ever Working Parent Burnout Scale to help caregivers recognize burnout signs and get the help they need. TheBump
As an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing at Ohio State University, a writer, researcher and mom of four children under 10 years old, Kate Gawlik understands what it means to be a burned-out parent. What she didn’t understand was why there was no way to measure burnout. There are clinically proven scales to measure pain, depression and anxiety, but nothing to quantify that oh-so-familiar tired and overwhelmed feeling.
Alongside Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, the dean of the College of Nursing at Ohio State, Gawlik created the first-ever valid and reliable Working Parent Burnout Scale. Using this new method, the two surveyed over 1,000 working parents with children under 18.The study also found that women are more likely than men to experience burnout, with 68 percent reporting burnout versus 42 percent of males.
The toll of burnout doesn’t just affect parents, though. Of parents who reported severe levels of burnout, researchers found there was a dramatic increase in the likelihood that those parents may insult, criticize, scream and spank their children. There’s light at the end of the tunnel, though. Recognizing and intervening for parental burnout have been shown to improve both parent and child outcomes. In the report, you can find theto determine your own level of burnout. Parents can rank how often they experience things like “I find joy in parenting my children” or “I get/feel easily irritated with my children.” Based on your level of burnout, Gawlik and Melnyk provide tips and resources for help.
“We want parents to understand they’re not alone in their struggles. Recognizing when you need help is a sign of strength, not weakness, and we hope that our report and the suggestions we include will be a step in that direction,” Gawlik told
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