School Demands and Resources as Predictors of Student Burnout Among High School Students

• Published in: School mental health 2023-03, Vol.15 (1), p.90-104
• Main Authors: Jagodics, Balázs, Nagy, Katalin, Szénási, Szilvia, Varga, Ramóna, Szabó, Éva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Anxiety; Beginning Teachers; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Burnout; Case Studies; Child and School Psychology; Children & youth; Clinical Psychology; College Students; Correlation; Developmental Psychology; Education; Educational Benefits; Educational Environment; Emotions; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Girls; Guidelines; High School Students; Intervention; Longitudinal Studies; Mental depression; Mental health; Motivation; Original Paper; Prediction; Psychology; Secondary school students; Secondary schools; Stress; Structural Equation Models; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Teachers; Undergraduate Students; University students; Work environment
• ISSN: 1866-2625; 1866-2633
• DOI: 10.1007/s12310-022-09534-1

The demand-resource framework is widely used to predict burnout in occupational context. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the links of school demands and resources to student burnout. Six hundred and ninety-six Hungarian students from secondary schools participated in the data collection using online survey method in classrooms. Independent t -test, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) were utilized during the analysis procedure. Statistical analysis revealed gender differences in student burnout, with girls scoring higher on “inadequacy” and “exhaustion” scales. Correlation analysis showed resources to be linked positively with burnout (0.24