Life stress and academic burnout

Stress has been shown to negatively affect learning. Academic burnout is a significant problem associated with poor academic performance. Although there has been increased attention on these two issues, literature on the relationship between students’ life stress and burnout is relatively limited. T...

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Published inActive learning in higher education Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 77 - 90
Main Authors Lin, Shu-Hui, Huang, Yun-Chen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2014
Subjects
Age Differences
Burnout
College Students
Emotional Response
Family Influence
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Interpersonal Relationship
Multiple Regression Analysis
Questionnaires
Self Concept
Stress Variables
Student Characteristics
Taiwan
Taiwan
life stress
academic burnout
college students
regression analysis
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Summary:Stress has been shown to negatively affect learning. Academic burnout is a significant problem associated with poor academic performance. Although there has been increased attention on these two issues, literature on the relationship between students’ life stress and burnout is relatively limited. This study surveys academic burnout and life stresses among college students and further assesses whether reports of life stresses can serve as a predictor of academic burnout. The “Undergraduate Life Stress Scale” and “Learning Burnout Scale” are used as research tools, and data from 2640 students were collected. The results showed that both the level of students’ burnout and stress are in general not serious. Female students and upper year students reported higher values of life stresses. The self-identity stress, interpersonal stress, future development stress, and academic stress could jointly predict student academic burnout.
ISSN:1469-7874
1741-2625
DOI:10.1177/1469787413514651