Subjective picture of parenting: studying the extent of parental stress and coping resources
https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2026-18-2-56-66
Abstract
The article analyzes the subjective picture of parenting through the prism of parental and everyday stress, attitudes towards intensive parenting, parental guilt and coping resources in 126 parents (79 women, 47 men, age M=39.10 years) from the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation with children under 18 years old. Relevance is due to the increase in intensive parenting in the context of modern stressors affecting psychoemotional well-being. Objective: to study the severity of stress and coping resources. Methods: questionnaires GAPS, IPAQ, PSS-10, PSS, Parent Satisfaction Scale, CRIS, subjective well-being (Shamionov); Statistical analysis: descriptive statistics, Mann–Whitney U-test. Quantitative indicators are presented as mean (M), standard deviation (SD), median (Me), lower (Q1), and upper (Q3) quartiles. The novelty of this study lies in the consideration of parental stress and coping resources in parents. The specificity of stress resistance in men and women is presented. The results of the study demonstrate an adaptive organization of the psychoemotional functioning of parents: a moderate level of daily and parental stress (with a dominant attitude toward stimulating the child's development) is balanced by high satisfaction with the parental role, the resource system, and pronounced subjective well-being.
About the Authors
O. V. Poletaeva
Yaroslavl State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yaroslavl
Yu. V. Misiyuk
Yaroslavl State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yaroslavl
I. O. Poletaev
Yaroslavl State Medical University;
Russia Yaroslavl State PedagogicalUniversity
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yaroslavl
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Poletaeva O.V., Misiyuk Yu.V., Poletaev I.O. Subjective picture of parenting: studying the extent of parental stress and coping resources. Medical Psychology in Russia. 2026;18(2):55-65. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/2219-8245-2026-18-2-56-66
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