Parental burnout, sociodemographic variables, and co-parenting in Peruvian women

Seperak-Viera R.; Quinta- Manchego T.M.J.; Dominguez-Lara S. · Current Psychology (2026) · DOI: 10.1007/s12144-026-09224-0

Resumen

Parental burnout is a relatively new construct in psychology. It has been explored mostly in Western, developed societies, elucidating the most extreme experiences of stress in childcare and household chores, and it was accentuated with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parental burnout is associated with poor mental and physical health in women, although few studies have been conducted in Latin American countries. The aim of the present study was to associate parental burnout with sociodemographic variables. A comparative design was used to compare parental burnout scores according to membership in various groups, such as by age, number of children, father’s involvement in parenting, educational level and income level. A nonprobabilistic sample of 703 Arequipa women with children under 13 years of age living with their father was assessed with the parental burnout assessment. The results show that parental burnout is greater in the group that thinks that the father is never or sometimes involved in parenting than in the group that thinks that the father actively participates. Similarly, women with incomes of less than 1300.00 soles (peruvian currency) have more parental burnout than women with higher incomes. On the other hand, no differences were found in parental burnout according to age, number of children or level of education. These results contribute to further exploration of the factors that oscillate around households and that could trigger emotional instability in the primary caregivers of children. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2026.

Instituciones: Universidad de San Martín de Porres; Universidad Católica San Pablo