STRESS AND BURNOUT FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: A REVIEW FROM RESILIENCE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT

Abstract

Cempaka Putrie Dimala*, Puspa Rahayu Utami Rahman, Irwan Tourniawan and Regi Ramadan

Parents of children with special needs experience higher levels of stress and depression than other parents, and problems arise in the family unit. The pressure experienced by parents with children with special needs can also trigger parental burnout. This research was conducted to determine the factors that influence parenting stress and parental burnout in parents with children with special needs, viewed through resilience and social support which act as moderators. This study used a sampling technique, namely purposive sampling, with a total of 334 participants from parents with special needs in Karawang. The measuring instrument used for parental burnout is the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) short version, parental stress is the Parental Stress Scale (PSS), resilience is the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD- RISC) and social support is the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Based on the results of the model test, it is known that the analysis of factors related to stress and burnout in parenting in parents with children with special needs: in terms of resilience and social support matches the empirical data. Based on the results of statistical tests, parental stress has a positive and significant effect on parental burnout, resilience has a negative and significant effect on parental burnout. Meanwhile, social support does not affect parental burnout. Moderation analysis shows that individuals who get social support can reduce the potential for burnout associated with high levels of daily stress due to caring for children with special needs. However, on the other hand, resilience cannot act as a buffer against the development of increased burnout in parents of children with special needs due to parenting stress. Participation and involvement in the social environment can reinforce to hinder the burnout felt by parents of children with special needs