The Impact Of Parenting Commitment On Parenting Burnou

Parental Burnout is a syndrome caused by prolonged exposure to stress during Parental rearing.According to Balance between Risks and Resources BR~2,when parents are faced with a balance between resources(protective factors)and needs(risk factors),parental burnout can be alleviated in the process of parenting.Mindful Parenting is the practice of applying mindfulness to family interactions with children in a mindful manner or characteristic of parenting.Study 1 introduces organizational commitment into the field of parenting and puts forward parental commitment.Parental Commitment refers to the individual’s recognition and commitment to family and child rearing emotionally,psychologically and behaviorally,and the individual’s willingness to undertake the responsibilities and obligations of family and child rearing,as well as the positive emotional experience.By studying the structure of Commitment,Organizational Commitment and Marriage Commitment,the parental commitment structure model was constructed and the Parental Commitment Inventory was developed by ourselves.Parental Commitment Scale consists of 17 questions,including five dimensions:Affective Commitment,Continuance Commitment,Normative Commitment,Ideal Commitment,Action Commitment.Study 2 explored the relationship among parental commitment,parental burnout and mindful parenting on the basis of self-compiled parental commitment scale.There is a negative correlation between mindful parenting and parenting stress.Parents with high level of mindful parenting will conduct positive cognitive reappraisal in the face of stressful events,thus producing positive emotional experience and reducing parenting stress.parental commitment is both a positive emotional experience and has a mutual influence with mindful parenting.In order to help parents alleviate parental burnout and find better parenting methods,Study 2 explored the mediating effect of mindful parenting between parental commitment and parental burnout.The results show that:1.The self-developed Parental Commitment Inventory has good reliability and validity and can be used as a tool to measure the level of parental commitment.2.Parents have a high level of parental commitment.3.There is a negative correlation between parental commitment and parental burnout,a negative correlation between mindful parenting and parental burnout,and a positive correlation between parental commitment and mindful parenting.parental commitment can negatively predict parental burnout.According to the BR2 theory,parental commitment plays a protective role.4.Mindful parenting mediated the relationship between parental commitment and parental burnout.To research parental commitment has guiding significance to eliminate or balance the parental burnout caused by long-term pressure in the process of parenting.Introducing mindful parenting can help parents improve parental commitment and reduce parental burnout in the process of parenting.