Prediction of Academic Burnout Based on Motivational Beliefs with the Mediation Role of Academic Buoyancy

Subject Areas : Educational

Rouhollah Salehitabar ¹ , Rahim Davari ^{2 *} , Hossein Ebrahimi Moghadam ³

1 - Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran.

Received: 2023-02-12 Accepted : 2023-08-25 Published : 2025-10-19

Keywords: academic burnout, academic buoyancy, motivational beliefs.,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to Prediction of academic burnout based on motivational beliefs with the mediating role of academic buoyancy in students. This descriptive research was of the correlation type based on the SEM. The statistical population consisted of all 2^nd grade high school students in Hamedan in the year 2022. 304 students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected using the Academic burnout (Maslash, 2002), Learning motivation strategies (Pintrich & DeGroot, 1990) and Academic buoyancy (Martin & Marsh, 2008) questionnaires. The results of structural equation modeling showed that academic buoyancy and efficiency and valuation components negatively and anxiety positively predict academic burnout directly (p<0/01). Efficiency and valuation components positively and anxiety negatively predict academic buoyancy directly (p<0/01). Efficiency and valuation components negatively and anxiety positively predict academic burnout with the mediating role of academic buoyancy (p<0/01).

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