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Longitudinal Analysis of Academic Burnout in Korean Middle School Students
Author(s) -
Kim Boyoung,
Lee Minyoung,
Kim Keunhwa,
Choi Hyunju,
Lee Sang Min
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.2553
Subject(s) - cynicism , burnout , longitudinal study , psychology , emotional exhaustion , longitudinal data , academic year , latent growth modeling , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , demography , medicine , mathematics education , sociology , political science , pathology , politics , law
The purpose of the study was to investigate the longitudinal relationships between the initial values and slopes of three dimensions of burnout syndrome (i.e. emotional exhaustion, cynicism and academic inefficacy). The study utilized four‐wave longitudinal data from a total of 367 (81.6% response rate) middle school students in South Korea. Comprising a 6‐month interval survey, the first survey was conducted in June 2010, the second in December 2010, the third in June 2011 and the fourth in December 2011. All participants were 13‐year‐olds at the first and second surveys, and 14‐year‐olds at the third and fourth surveys. The Maslach Burnout Inventory—Student Survey was used for each survey to assess the level of academic burnout. The longitudinal data were analysed using latent growth modelling. The results of the study indicated that high initial values (intercept) for emotional exhaustion were associated with a higher rate of increase (slope) in cynicism and academic inefficacy. On the other hand, high initial values for cynicism and academic inefficacy were associated with a lower rate of increase in the other dimensions. This longitudinal study should promote understanding of burned‐out students and contribute to the literature by informing the design of prevention programmes for academic burnout. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.