Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.43, sa.46, ss.35270-35283, 2024 (SSCI)
Children perceived as difficult by their parents have a negative impact on family harmony. Parental factors play a significant role in the disruption of family harmony. This study investigated the impact of parental perception of their child as difficult on family harmony. Within this framework, the constructed model examined the moderating effects of parental psychological flexibility on the relationship between difficult child behaviors and parental burnout and the moderating effect of parental task sharing on the relationship between parental burnout and family harmony. Thus, this study explored the moderating mediation effect of parental burnout. The research sample comprised a total of 406 parents from across T & uuml;rkiye. To test the constructed model, analyses were conducted employing SPSS 21 and the PROCESS Macro software. As a result of the conducted analyses, it was found that parents' perception of their child as difficult significantly influenced their levels of psychological flexibility, which in turn significantly affected their levels of burnout. Furthermore, parental burnout was found to significantly influence family harmony through the level of parental task sharing. Therefore, the constructed model in this study confirmed the moderating mediation effect of parental burnout on the relationship between perceived difficult child behaviors and family harmony. It is deemed important for future studies to consider different types of families and clinical samples to understand better the impact of difficult child behaviors on family harmony.