Psychological Resilience as a Predictor of Burnout Levels in Parents of Children with Special Needs

This study investigates the relationship between psychological resilience and burnout among parents of children attending special education institutions. Prolonged stress in these parents often leads to burnout and depression, adversely affecting both parental well-being and child outcomes. The research involved 155 participants (103 mothers, 52 fathers), who completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Psychological Resilience Scale (PRS). The analysis focused on how resilience subdimensions self-perception, social competence, structural style, family cohesion, future perception, and social resources predict burnout components: emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Results revealed that psychological resilience subdimensions collectively accounted for 15% of the variance in emotional exhaustion (R² = .146, p