Open AccessAcademic Burnout Profiles and Motivation Styles Among Korean High School Students
Author(s) -
Lee Min Young,
Lee Mi Kyoung,
Lee Min Joo,
Lee Sang Min
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/jpr.12251
Subject(s) - amotivation , burnout , psychology , descriptive statistics , intrinsic motivation , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
This study aimed to identify academic burnout profiles and to examine how motivational styles distinguish burnout patterns using descriptive discriminant analysis. The data were collected from a total of 1,015 (95.8% response rate, 57.3% female) Korean high school students. The Distressed (entirely burned out) and Well‐Functioning (not burned out) groups were distinguished by amotivation, internal motivation, and identified regulation. The Struggling (burned out but do one's best to achieve) and Laissez‐Faire (not actively participating in their study and could not achieve) groups were classified according to introjected and external regulation. Practical implications are discussed in regards to the alleviation of academic burnout and the improvement of students’ self‐determination.