Abstract

ROCHABRUN HIDALGO, Fanny Mercedes; UCEDA FLOREZ, Rosalicia Mercedes  and  SALAS-BLAS, Edwin. Work stress and parental competence perceived in parents that work. Revista de Psicologia [online]. 2021, n.26, pp.51-68.  Epub Dec 31, 2021. ISSN 2223-3032.  https://doi.org/10.53287/wzsy6920rr57j.

Work stress is related to the perception of parental skills in working parents, it is a cross-sectional, associative study with correlational predictive design (Ato, López & Benavente, 2013), 177 parents participated (55.7% women), who worked at least 30 hours per week and who have children between 3 and 12 years old. The instruments used were the Inventory of the demands-control-support model (Rosario-Hernández & Rovira, 2016) and the Perceived Parental Competence Scale (Vera-Vásquez, Zaragoza-Tafur & Musayón-Oblitas, 2014). The results found show significant and positive correlations between the dimension of support with assumption of the role and shared leisure (.27). In the same way, the support dimension is positively related to school involvement (.28); as well as the dimension of control with assumption of the role and shared leisure (.22). A positive and moderate correlation was also found between work demands and hours worked (.34). It has been possible to compare the results with previous studies that reaffirm the idea that due to the amount of work commitments, the parents' stay at home is more difficult. In conclusion, people who perceive stress in their work will have a lower perception of parental competences, since they do not find a balance between the functions of both roles.

Keywords : Parenting; Consequences of stress; Work stress; Working parents; Perception of parental competences..

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