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Supplemental Material - The Big Three Perfectionism Scale: Validation of the Polish Version
No full textSupplemental Material for The Big Three Perfectionism Scale: Validation of the Polish Version by Konrad Piotrowski, Aleksandra Nowicka, Kamil Janowicz, and Martin M. Smith in Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.</p
The emergence, changes, and consequences of parental burnout during the transition to parenthood: A dyadic study. [Polish Longitudinal Study of Dyads (PL-STUDY)]
No full textThis study is conducted as part of a grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (2021/42/E/HS6/00120) awarded to Professor Konrad Piotrowski. The project is titled: "Parental burnout in the first years of the parenting role. What does it depend on, how does it develop and what are its consequences?" The project was approved by the Ethics Committee at SWPS University (Poznan, Poland). Decision number 2023171.
Parental burnout is a psychological syndrome resulting from chronic stress in parenting, characterized by overwhelming exhaustion related to one's parental role, emotional distancing from children, and a sense of ineffectiveness as a parent (Mikolajczak, Raes, et al., 2018; Roskam et al., 2018). Parental burnout develops due to an imbalance between the demands of parenting and the resources available to parents. According to the Balance Between Risks and Resources (BR2) model, burnout occurs when parental demands exceed the resources available to meet those demands (Mikolajczak & Roskam, 2018). Factors that contribute to this imbalance include, among others, high parental standards, poor parenting practices, personality traits, and lack of support from co-parents or external sources (Mikolajczak & Roskam, 2018).
Parental burnout has significant implications for both parents and their children. For parents, burnout can lead to serious mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation (Chen et al., 2022; Mikolajczak, Brianda, et al., 2018). It also affects physical health, contributing to sleep disorders and increased susceptibility to illnesses (Hormozi et al., 2022). For children, the consequences of parental burnout can also be severe. Parents experiencing burnout may become emotionally distant, neglectful, or even abusive (Mikolajczak, Brianda, et al., 2018). This can lead to developmental issues, behavioral problems, and emotional difficulties in children (Jaffee, 2017). Moreover, parental burnout can strain relationships within the family, increasing conflicts between partners and negatively impacting the overall family dynamic (Blanchard et al., 2021).
Research indicates that the highest levels of parental burnout are found among parents of young children (Piotrowski, Bojanowska, et al., 2023). This makes studies focusing on the early stages of parenthood particularly important. By examining parents from the second or third trimester of pregnancy through the first three years of their child's life, this study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how and when parental burnout develops. The primary goal of this study is to understand the origins, trajectory, and consequences of parental burnout as couples transition into parenthood. The study began during pregnancy, which allows us to observe the pre-parenthood factors that influence the development of parental burnout and to capture the onset of burnout in parents. Including couples (dyads) in the study, two partners expecting a child, will give us the opportunity to observe not only the onset of parental burnout but also the mutual influences of partners on each other.
The study is designed to track changes over nine measurement points: during the second or third trimester of pregnancy (T1), and at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, and 36 months (T9) postpartum. This allows us to capture the dynamic nature of parental burnout and identify critical periods when parents are most vulnerable. Since previous research has typically focused on individuals who have been parents for months or years, they unfortunately missed these critical early stages. Thus, our study will significantly increase knowledge of the processes responsible for the origins of parental burnout
Parenthood in the Preschool Period Project (3P Project)
No full textThis study is conducted as part of a grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (2021/42/E/HS6/00120) awarded to Professor Konrad Piotrowski. The project is titled: "Parental burnout in the first years of the parenting role. What does it depend on, how does it develop and what are its consequences?" The project was approved by the Ethics Committee at SWPS University (Poznan, Poland). Decision number 2023171.
Research Project Description
Parental burnout is a psychological syndrome resulting from chronic stress in parenting, characterized by overwhelming exhaustion related to one's parental role, emotional distancing from children, and a sense of ineffectiveness as a parent (Mikolajczak, Raes, et al., 2018; Roskam et al., 2018). Parental burnout develops due to an imbalance between the demands of parenting and the resources available to parents. According to the Balance Between Risks and Resources (BR2) model, burnout occurs when parental demands exceed the resources available to meet those demands (Mikolajczak & Roskam, 2018). Factors that contribute to this imbalance include, among others, high parental standards, poor parenting practices, personality traits, and lack of support from co-parents or external sources (Mikolajczak & Roskam, 2018).
Parental burnout has significant implications for both parents and their children. For parents, burnout can lead to serious mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation (Chen et al., 2022; Mikolajczak, Brianda, et al., 2018). It also affects physical health, contributing to sleep disorders and increased susceptibility to illnesses (Hormozi et al., 2022). For children, the consequences of parental burnout can also be severe. Parents experiencing burnout may become emotionally distant, neglectful, or even abusive (Mikolajczak, Brianda, et al., 2018). This can lead to developmental issues, behavioral problems, and emotional difficulties in children (Jaffee, 2017).
Research indicates that the highest levels of parental burnout are found among parents of young children (Piotrowski, Bojanowska, et al., 2023). This makes studies focusing on the early stages of parenthood particularly important. By studying parents of children in early childhood (at the beginning of the study, the oldest children will be between 12 and 42 months of age; 1-3.5 years), this study will provide answers to questions such as how parental burnout changes in the first years of being a parent, how it affects parenting behavior, and what consequences it has on a child's early social-emotional development. Another key objective of this study is to examine, for the first time, how placing a child in daycare or preschool impacts parental burnout.
Empirical research has increasingly recognized the role of parenting behaviors as a mediator between parental burnout and child outcomes. A study by Woine et al. (2024) demonstrated that higher levels of parental burnout were linked to harsher, less responsive parenting practices, which in turn contributed to child behavioral problems. Another study found that maternal depression and parental burnout influenced children's emotional development, with girls appearing to be more sensitive to these parental stressors than boys (Yakupova & Suarez, 2023). On the other hand, studies highlight that early childhood education and care (ECEC) can serve as a protective factor against parental burnout. Research conducted in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic found that parents who received support from ECEC centers (such as structured childcare services, food aid, and professional guidance) reported lower levels of burnout (Sorkkila et al., 2025). This suggests that access to external childcare may buffer against the stressors that contribute to burnout by providing relief from caregiving responsibilities and supporting better parenting practices. However, we still know little about how placing a child in daycare or preschool impacts parental burnout. In particular, to date, there have been no longitudinal studies revealing what a strong impact ECEC has on changing parental burnout. While previous research has extensively documented the predictors and consequences of parental burnout, little is known about the potential mitigating effects of external childcare arrangements. The transition to daycare or preschool may provide parents with relief from caregiving responsibilities, more time for self-care, and improved work-life balance, which could contribute to a reduction in burnout. However, this transition might also introduce new stressors, such as separation anxiety, concerns about the child’s adaptation, financial costs, and changes in family routines.
The study is designed to track changes over four measurement points, allowing for a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic interplay between parental burnout, parenting behaviors, and child social-emotional development. The first wave (T1) will take place when children are between 12 and 42 months old (1–3.5 years), ensuring that the sample includes both children who are not yet in daycare/preschool and those who have recently started. Subsequent assessments will be conducted every six months (T2, T3, and T4), capturing developmental changes over a two-year period. This design allows for the identification of individual trajectories of parental burnout, considering the diverse timing of daycare/preschool entry among families. Some children will already be attending daycare/preschool at T1, while others will enter between T1 and T4. This variability provides a naturalistic opportunity to assess whether and when the transition to preschool influences burnout levels. By using longitudinal modeling techniques, the study will determine whether the impact of daycare/preschool entry on parental burnout is immediate, delayed, or dependent on other contextual factors
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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