Academic Burnout

Purpose: The aim of the current study was to predict the high school students' academic burnout based on social adjustment, academic procrastination and academic hope. Materials and method: Current research method was descriptive and correlational. The study population included all high school students of the state female high schools of Bojnourd. 350 students were selected as a sample employing multi-cluster sampling method. In order to collect data, social adjustment inventory, assessment scale of procrastination (PAS), academic hope and academic Burnout questionnaire were employed. Stepwise regression analysis was employed for data analysis. Findings: The results showed statistically significant Correlations between burnout scores with social adjustment, academic procrastination and academic hope scores. Also Stepwise regression analysis revealed that students’ burnout could be predicted by social adjustment, academic procrastination and academic hope. Discussion: Based on hope theories, the main reasons of academic procrastination and academic burn out were factors such as social adjustment and academic hope. Students who procrastinate and experience burn out because of hate toward doing the assignment tend to postpone it and thus have low hope and social adjustment because they are incapable of doing their assignments.

Abstract Since student L2 achievement is the primary objective of all language education contexts, a huge number of inquiries have explored the role of various elements including teachers’ qualities in promoting their L2 achievement. Teachers’ qualities, such as professional commitment, have been shown to affect students’ achievements; however, some factors such as academic burnout seems to play a role in disturbing teachers’ commitment, even though the association between two concepts is not crystal clear. Due to the importance of commitment and burnout, this qualitative research intends to systematically uncover Iranian EFL teachers’ perceptions towards the dynamic interaction between academic commitment and burnout. To this end, a sample of 50 EFL teachers from high schools and language institutes of Urmia, Iran was selected based on the convenience sampling and they were interviewed to express their perceptions towards different types of commitment (to school organization, to the teaching profession, and to students) they experienced, the role of burnout and its relationship between professional commitment and burnout level. Based on the thematic analysis, the results indicated that teachers in both high schools and private institutes were aware of three types of commitment and they believed in the negative interplay between the two concepts. The majority of the participants indicated that they feel stressed and anxious due to the heavy workload and low salary that resulted in limited opportunities for professional development.

The current research to aim was purpose conducted the mediating role of academic burnout in the relationship between the perception of the educational atmosphere creative and academic stress with motivational orientations (intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and motivation). The research method was the correlation of the path analysis type. The population of this study included all students of senior high schools in Sanandaj city. 250 the student (138 female students and 112 male students) were selected using a random multi-stage cluster sampling method and responded to the questionnaires of the creative educational atmosphere (Mohebi & et al., 2013), the academic stress Questionnaire (Kamkari & et al., 2010), academic burnout questionnaire (Bersu & et al., 2007) and academic motivation scale (Vallerand & et al., 1992). Data analysis was performed using the path analysis statistical method and by the SPSS-22, and AMOS-24 statistical software and bootstrapping method were used to examine the mediating role of the variables. The results showed that among the assumed direct relationships, only the direct effect of perception of the creative educational atmosphere on intrinsic motivation was significant. Indirect results showed that academic burnout could play a mediating role in the relationship between the perception of a creative educational atmosphere and academic pressures with intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and motivation.