The Role of Emotional Distress in the Relationship between COVID-19 Burnout and Academic Burnout in University Students

Authors : Aslı Burçak TAŞÖREN, Sumeyye BURHAN

Pages : 340-353

Doi:10.26466/opusjsr.1065787

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Publication Date : 2022-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of the present study was to determine whether COVID-19 burnout and emotional distress predicted academic burnout, and to assess the mediating role of emotional distress, on the relationship between COVID-19 burnout and academic burnout in university students. The sample consisted of 311 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(259 female and 52 male); students enrolled in undergraduate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(87.1%);, master/doctorate programs insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(12.9%);. Students completed the COVID-19 Burnout Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory – Student Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MBI-SS);, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DASS-21);. Pearson’s correlation coefficient showed a significant positive relationship between COVID-19 burnout, academic burnout, and emotional distress. COVID-19 burnout and emotional distress predicted academic burnout, also COVID-19 burnout and the depression scale of the DASS-21 predicted academic burnout. In a mediaton model, emotional distress partially mediated the relationship between COVID-19 burnout and academic burnout. When the model was tested with thedepression scale of the DASS-21, the relationship between COVID-19 burnout and academic burnout was partially mediated only by the depression scale.
Keywords : Academic Burnout, Academic Engagement, COVID 19 Burnout, Emotional Distress, Depression

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