Since parental burnout can have detrimental consequences for parents, couples, and children, easy-to-use, reliable, and valid practical tools for the early detection of parental burnout are required. We developed and validated a brief scale to identify burned-out parents and parents at burnout risk. In Study 1, we developed the 5-item Brief Parental Burnout scale (BPBs) based on the gold standard measure of parental burnout, the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA). We applied Item Response Theory Graded Response Model (GRM) analyses on the data of 1,725 Finnish parents. Compared against the PBA total score, the five selected items showed both high sensitivity and specificity in screening parental burnout. As expected, burned-out parents and those at burnout risk according to the BPBs displayed higher depressive symptoms, lower self-esteem, and more frequent sleep disruptions than non-burned-out parents. In Study 2, we tested the sensitivity and specificity of the BPBs by using both the BPBs and the PBA as independent assessment tools in a sample of 1,088 Finnish parents. In Study 3, the high sensitivity and specificity of the BPBs found in Study 2 were replicated in an independent sample of 104 Belgian parents. We further demonstrated the concurrent validity of the BPBs test score interpretations by showing that burned-out parents, or those at burnout risk, reported higher child neglect and parental violence than non-burned-out parents. Because of its user-friendliness and the strong psychometric properties of its test score, the BPBs is a good candidate to use as a screening tool for parental burnout. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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简短父母倦怠量表 (BPBS) 的开发和验证。

由于父母倦怠会对父母、夫妻和孩子产生不利影响，因此需要易于使用、可靠且有效的实用工具来及早发现父母倦怠。我们开发并验证了一个简短的量表来识别精疲力竭的父母和处于倦怠风险的父母。在研究 1 中，我们根据父母倦怠的黄金标准衡量标准，即父母倦怠评估 (PBA)，开发了 5 项简要父母倦怠量表 (BPB)。我们对 1,725 名芬兰父母的数据应用了项目反应理论分级反应模型 (GRM) 分析。与 PBA 总分相比，五个选定的项目在筛查父母倦怠方面表现出较高的敏感性和特异性。正如预期的那样，根据 BPB，精疲力竭的父母和处于精疲力竭风险的父母表现出更高的抑郁症状，更低的自尊，并且比非精疲力竭的父母更频繁地睡眠中断。在研究 2 中，我们通过使用 BPB 和 PBA 作为独立评估工具在 1,088 名芬兰父母样本中测试了 BPB 的敏感性和特异性。在研究 3 中，研究 2 中发现的 BPB 的高灵敏度和特异性在 104 名比利时父母的独立样本中得到了复制。我们通过显示精疲力竭的父母或处于精疲力竭风险中的父母报告的儿童忽视和父母暴力高于非精疲力竭的父母，进一步证明了 BPBs 测试分数解释的同时有效性。由于其用户友好性和其测试分数的强大心理测量特性，BPB 是一个很好的候选者，可用作父母倦怠的筛选工具。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。