Correlação entre consumo de informações sobre parentalidade na internet e burnout parental em pais e mães brasileiros

Julia Dallasta Pedroso; Elizabeth Joan Baham

doi:10.5433/1679-0383.2026.v47.56324

Authors

Julia Dallasta Pedroso Universidade Federal de São Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-9258
Elizabeth Joan Baham Universidade Federal de São Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7270-4918

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0383.2026.v47.56324

Keywords:

Parenting, Parental burnout, Internet

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the impact of the consumption of parenting information conveyed on the internet on the exhaustion rates of Brazilian parents. To this end, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 247 parents of children up to 18 years old, who did or did not consume information about parenting via social networks. These parents completed a Google Form, which was widely distributed in parent groups, institutional emails from universities, and social networks, answering a sociodemographic questionnaire, a question about their consumption of parenting information on the internet, and the Parental Burnout Assessment (BR/PT version). It was observed that parents who reported consuming parenting information on the internet had higher total scores of parental burnout, as well as in its four subscales: emotional exhaustion, contrast, saturation, and emotional distancing. Although the study is merely correlational, it highlights a research gap regarding the cultural ideals of parenting conveyed on the internet and parental well-being, which can be further investigated in future longitudinal studies.

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Author Biographies

Julia Dallasta Pedroso, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Master's degree in Psychology from the Federal University of São Carlos, Center for Human Sciences.

Elizabeth Joan Baham, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

PhD in Social and Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Guelph.

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