Job related long-term stressors and maternal parenting stress

Abstract

There are few major reasons, as well economical and organizational, why parenting stress is so important to investigate and offer evidence-based recommendations for parents as well other professionals who interact with the family. Results of 563 mothers are presented and parenting stress, family life and long-term occupational stressors were explored in the longitudinal study. Long-term occupational stressors may have more negative impact on perceptions how mothers perceive child care related challenges and her incompetence, poor self-efficacy as a primary caregiver compared to stressors that occur inside family life, e.g. family life related negative or challenging circumstances. Higher parenting stress that depends on maternal malfunctioning is associated to family financial insecurity (credits and indebtedness, income decrease, uncertainty about future and employment) and monotony at work. Mother’s extra hours spent at work may have negative impact on maternal stress that arouses because of child’s perceived problems and child care challenges.