Validation of "parental burnout scale" on an algerian population and the impact of certain socio-demographic and anthropologic factors

Abstract EN

Having embraced the idea of the international consortium*, around parental burnout (PBI), proposed by Roskam (et al.

), the objective of this article is to validate the PBI scale on an Algerian population, to assess its prevalence and identify some risk factors.

We passed the PBI test to a population of 337 individuals including 131 fathers and 206 mothers.

The results indicate a prevalence of 3.

9%.

The four dimensions of burnout are very consistent.

Cronbach's alpha overall is 0.

94.

We can say that the data is very reliable.

The intersection of socio-demographic variables shows that burnout mothers outnumber fathers.

This is due to gender and socio-anthropological factors.

Regarding validity: the scale is reliable and needs to be moved to a larger population to verify the stability of this prevalence rate and to deepen risk factors in order to envisage parent assistance programs and prevent the effects on children.