The impact of psychological capital on academic burnout among vocational undergraduate college students:The mediating role of positive emotions
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In the field of higher education, the phenomenon of academic burnout, such as truancy, absenteeism, and apathy among college students, has become more and more obvious and has attracted the attention of educators and researchers. The causes of burnout are complex, covering individual psychology, social environment and education system. This study focuses on the influence of college students' psychological capital on academic burnout and its internal mechanism, in order to provide new perspectives to alleviate this phenomenon. To this end, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 538 students of a vocational undergraduate university in Hainan Province, and the mediating effect was examined using hierarchical regression analysis, which showed that: (1) college students' psychological capital has a significant negative effect on academic burnout; (2) college students' psychological capital has a significant positive effect on positive emotions; (3) positive emotions play a partial mediating role in the negative effect of college students' psychological capital on academic burnout. effect.
Authors: Li Wang, Congjin Miao, Jun Wang
Language: English
Topic: Stress and Burnout Research
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406205594