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The Potential Protective Nature of Self-regulation Regarding the Relationship Between Academic Stress and Burnout Symptoms of University Students
Heuvel, I.M. van den (2023) The Potential Protective Nature of Self-regulation Regarding the Relationship Between Academic Stress and Burnout Symptoms of University Students.
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| Abstract: | In this study the relationship between academic stress and burnout was researched, as well as whether self-regulation interacts with this relationship. Academic stress was expected to positively relate to burnout and self-regulation was expected to moderate this relationship; namely, academic stress was expected to be less associated with burnout symptoms regarding participants who engaged in self-regulation as compared to those who did not. These expectations were studied with a correlational design within a sample population of 132 participants studying at Dutch and German universities. To assess the relationships between academic stress, burnout, and self-regulation, both moderation and mediation analyses were performed with the use of a Hayes’ PROCESS-Macro in the program Rstudio. High scores on academic stress were, as expected, associated with high scores on the burnout symptoms. Unexpectedly, self-regulation did not moderate this relationship. Yet, self-regulation did mediate the relationships between academic stress and the burnout symptoms cynicism and professional inefficacy, meaning that academic stress was negatively associated with the use of self-regulation which was in turn associated with the experience of these burnout symptoms. The results of this study align with the idea that experiencing certain heights of (prolonged) academic stress could hinder the use of self-regulation. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95292 |
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