Abstract

PEREZ PADILLA, Javier; LORENCE LARA, Bárbara  and  MENENDEZ ALVAREZ-DARDET, Susana. Stress and Parental Competence: A Study with Working Parents. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2010, vol.17, n.1, pp.47-57. ISSN 0121-4381.

The aim of this study is to explore the role of some dimensions related with labor and family context, and examine their influence to the stress level associated with parenthood. Special attention was given to the perceived competence as a parent after controlling different characteristics from both contexts. Several analyses were performed with the information obtained from 74 active-working parents responsible for at least one school-aged child. The results indicated that the work time, the number of children at home and the perception of difficulty about child caring were the most important variables for explaining the parental stress. Furthermore, analysis showed that a positive and optimistic perception of the parental role and child care helped to mitigate the appearance of parental stress.

Keywords : parental stress; family; work; parental satisfaction; parental sense of competence.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )