Parental Burnout Among Orthodox and Nonorthodox Mothers of Children With/ Without Special Needs: Causes, Perceived Severity of the Child’s Disability, Burden of Caregiving, Social Support, Emotion Work, Learned Resourcefulness, and Mothers’ Self-Utilization of Health Services Catalog # 890-275-2020 | Supervised by: Prof. Sivia Barnoy, Prof. Michal Itzhaki
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The phenomenon of parental burnout develops mainly due to an imbalance between risk factors for burnout (ongoing exposure to parenting demands) and protective factors (available coping resources). Mothers of children with special needs are at high risk for parental burnout due to the child's functioning as compared to his peers, the child's dependence on them and the burden of prolonged ...