More people are experiencing work burnout than ever before. But if you're a mom or dad who's sick and tired of the work-related stress at your job, then beware. Children of parents suffering from burnout are more likely than others to experience school burnout, researchers in Finland found.
Study leader Katariina Salmela-Aro of the University of Helsinki said school burnout is a chronic school-related stress syndrome that is manifested in fatigue, experiences of cynicism about school and a sense of inadequacy as a student.
For the study, estimates of school burnout were obtained from 515 ninth-grade schoolchildren age 15. Estimates of work burnout were obtained from 595 parents of these adolescents.
The results showed experiences of burnout were shared in families, Salmela-Aro said.
"Experiences of burnout were shared most particularly between adolescents and parents of the same gender, i.e., between daughters and mothers and between sons and fathers," Salmela-Aro said in a statement.
"The parent of the same gender seems to serve as a role model for the development of burnout," Salmela-Aro said.
The results indicated family finances were also reflected in the level of shared burnout.
"The greater the family's financial worries, the higher the level of experienced burnout," Salmela-Aro said.
The findings are published in the European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
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