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

Aslı Burçak Taşören; Sumeyye Burhan

doi:10.26466/opusjsr.1065787

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

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 (259 female and 52 male) students enrolled in undergraduate (87.1%), master/doctorate programs (12.9%). Students completed the COVID-19 Burnout Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory – Student Scale (MBI-SS), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (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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Aslı Burçak Taşören ^*
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Sumeyye Burhan
Türkiye

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30 Mart 2022

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31 Ocak 2022

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11 Mart 2022

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Yıl 2022 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 46

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https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1065787

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Taşören, A. B., & Burhan, S. (2022). The Role of Emotional Distress in the Relationship between COVID-19 Burnout and Academic Burnout in University Students. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 19(46), 340-353. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1065787

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