Lenka Štěpánková attended a conference in Porto on parental burnout

10 Sep 2024 News Conferences, lectures, and collaboration

Our colleague Lenka Štěpánková attended the third annual conference on parental burnout, which took place in Porto. She presented her poster on Czech participants' perceptions of maternal emotions and the prevalence of burnout in a sample of Czech parents. You can see it below.

The conference also brought together, among others, representatives of the international IIPB consortium, which includes 50 countries and deals with research on parental burnout, of which Lenka is a member.

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Lenka Štěpánková attended a conference in Porto on parental burnout

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Why do negatively worded items confuse not only respondents but also researchers?

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