Berhan Akdağ, Cansu Ünsal Mavi, Mourat Giousouf Chousein, Murat Bektaş
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - 2025;15(3):123-129
Objective: The present study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Brief Parental Burnout Scale (BPBS-TR) in a sample of healthcare professionals. Methods: Participants completed a series of validated measures during face-to-face interviews, including the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), the Kessler-10 Psychological Distress Scale (K10), and the Brief Psychological Resilience Scale (BPRS). Results: This study involved 150 Turkish healthcare professionals, of whom 72.0% were mothers. The mean age was 41.21 years (SD = 6.81). All participants had children living with them permanently, with the number of children ranging from one to three. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the unidimensionality of the BPBS-TR (chi²/df = 7.189/5 (p = .207), RMSEA = .054, SRMR = .025, GFI = .998, CFI = .997, and TLI = .994). BPBS-TR scores were positively related to CBI scores (rs = .403, p <.001) and K10 scores (rs = .513, p <.001). Conversely, BPBS-TR scores were negatively associated with BPRS scores (rs = -.204, p = .012). The reliability of the scale was satisfactory, with Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega recorded at .826 and .828, respectively. The ordinal alpha was determined to be .922, with Guttman's lambda-2 at .829. Additionally, item-rest correlations varied from .557 to .689. Conclusion: The current findings confirm that the BPBS-TR is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing parental burnout in a Turkish cohort of healthcare professionals. Further research in diverse populations is warranted to corroborate these findings.
