Gender Equality and Maternal Burnout: A 40-Country Study

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 53(2) • Sage Publications • • Published In • Pages: 157-178 •
By Roskam, Isabelle, Gallée, Laura, Aguiar, Joyce, Akgun, Ege, Arena, Andrew, Arikan, Gizem, Aunola, Kaisa, Bader, Michel, Barham, Elizabeth J., Besson, Eliane, Beyers, Wim, Boujut, Emilie, Brianda, Maria Elena, Brytek-Matera, Anna, Carbonneau, Noémie, César, Filipa, Chen, Bin-Bin, Dorard, Géraldine, Dos Santos Elias, Luciana Carla, Dunsmuir, Sandra, Egorova, Natalia, Favez, Nicolas, Fontaine, Anne-Marie, Foran, Heather, Fricke, Julia, Furutani, Kaichiro, Gannagé, Myrna, Gaspar, Maria, Godbout, Lucie, Goldenberg, Amit, Gross, James J., Ancuta Gurza, Maria, Hashmi, Muhammad Aamir, Helmy, Mai, Huynh, Mai Trang, Kaneza, Emérence, Kawamoto, Taishi, Kellou, Nassima, Medjahdi, Oussama, Knezevic, Goran, Lazarevic, Ljiljana B., Le Vigouroux, Sarah, Lebert-Charron, Astrid, Leme, Vanessa, Lin, Gao-Xian, MacCann, Carolyn, Manrique-Millones, Denisse, Matias, Marisa, Miranda-Orrego, María Isabel, Miscioscia, Marina, Morgades-Bamba, Clara, Mousavi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh, Moutassem-Mimouni, Badra, Muntean, Ana, Murphy, Hugh, Ndayizigiye, Alexis, Ngnombouowo, Tenkue Josué, Olderbak, Sally

Hypothesis

Maternal burnout will be associated with experiencing inequality in parenting when one holds egalitarian values.

Note

There is a significant positive association between holding egalitarian values and maternal burnout. Some countries have a very low association (p < .10), including Burundi, China, Spain, Turkey, and Vietnam. Other countries have almost non-existent correlations, including Algeria, Argentina, Cuba, Iran, Peru, Thailand, and Uruguay.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman’s rank correlationSupportedp < .001r = .17 in pooled sampleUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Maternal burnoutDependentChild Care
Holding egalitarian valuesIndependentGender Status, Gender Roles And Issues