Article 2021 · 40 citations

Academic self-efficacy and school burnout in university students: Assessment of the mediating role of grit

Abstract

This study investigated whether grit had a mediation role between academic self-efficacy and school burnout in university students. The study group of this research consisted of a total of 390 students from the educational faculties of two universities in Turkey, including 307 females (78.7%) and 83 males (21.3%). The study data were collected using a Personal Information Form (PIF), the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASAS), the Short Grit Scale (GRIT-S), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS). Pearson product-moment correlation analysis, regression analysis for mediation, and the bootstrap analysis for the significance test of the mediation effect were used in the analysis of the study data. As a result of the study, it was found that grit had a positive correlation with academic self-efficacy and a negative correlation with school burnout. Regression-based bootstrapping results showed that grit had a mediation role in the relationship between academic self-efficacy and school burnout.

Keywords

Academic self-efficacy Grit School burnout PERFORMANCE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES STRESS ESTEEM SCALE

WoS Categories

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Citation

Journal: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
Year: 2021
Volume: 40
Issue: 9
Pages: 4235-4246
ISSN: 1046-1310
eISSN: 1936-4733
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02023-9
WoS UID: WOS:000678451600004

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