Person-environment Fit and Three Factor Model of Burnout During Covid-19 Pandemic Among College Students -
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study addressed two research gaps. First, student burnout is a regarded response to long-term academic stress (Asencio-Lopez et al., 2016; Caballero et al., 2010, 2015; Rosales & Rosales, 2013; Villwock et al., 2016), but applied to the current covid-19 pandemic. Second, as conducted studies applied the theory of person-environment fit among employees, workers, and health care groups, this study also proposes using the same among students as their academic routines could also be considered work demands and tasks (Meier and Schmeck, 1985). To explore and apply this theory among students during the Covid-19 pandemic, the researchers investigated how the sudden changes in work routines and activities due to Covid-19 Pandemic contributed to symptoms of burnout. The person-environment fit theory was tested among 50 students by administering Maslach’s Burnout Inventory, followed by an interview on items marked with elevated scores. Findings revealed that as a result of congruency in the environment, students experienced moderate to high-level emotional exhaustion, moderate to high-level detachment, and high levels of feelings of inefficacy. In support of qualitative findings from this study, significant statements from their encoded interviews revealed that the interaction between home and online learning environment during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in incongruency or misfit that added to long-term academic stress and experienced symptoms of burnout.
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Source: Journal of Critical Reviews
Language: English
Topic: Stress and Burnout Research
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3207951570