Predicting Academic Burnout in Female Medical Students of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences Based on Perfectionism and Family Emotional Climate in 2016-2017 Academic Year
M. Hajihasani[1]
Received: 04/11/2017 Sent for Revision: 20/01/2018 Received Revised Manuscript: 22/04/2018 Accepted: 25/04/2018
Background and Objectives: Academic burnout is a significant problem associated with poor academic performance. Although there has been increased attention on this issue, literature on the relationship between students’ perfectionism and family emotional climate and burnout is relatively limited. The main purpose of this study was to predict academic burnout in female medical students of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences in 2016-2017 academic year based on perfectionism and family emotional climate.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study. Research population consisted of female medical students of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, out of which 200 persons were selected by convenience sampling in 2016-2017 academic year and evaluated using Schaufeli
et al. Burnout Inventory, Besharat Perfectionism, and Hilburn-Cobb questionnaire
of family emotional climate. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean ±standard deviation), Pearson’s correlation coefficient as well as multiple linear regression.
Results: Pearson’s correlation results showed a significant relationship between perfectionism and burnout (p<0.001, r=0.218), and family emotional climate and academic burnout (p<0.001, r=-0.289). The results of multiple linear regression analysis also showed that perfectionism (p=0.005, B=0.193) and family emotional climate (p=0.001, B=-0.403) are predictive of academic burnout and explain 14.2% of variation of the students’ academic burnout.
Conclusion: Considering the obtained results, it seems necessary to pay attention to the role of perfectionism and family emotional climate variables in intervention initiatives to prevent or reduce academic burnout.
Key words: Academic burnout, Perfectionism, Family emotional climate, Students, Shahrekord
Funding: This study did not have any funds
.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Shahrekord University approved the study.
How to cite this article: Hajihasani M. Predicting Academic Burnout in Female Medical Students of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences Based on Perfectionism and Family Emotional Climate in 2016-2017 Academic Year.
Univ Med Sci 2018; 17 (4): 293-304. [Farsi]
[1]- Assistant Prof., Dept. of Counseling, Faculty of Literature and Humanistic Sciences, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran, ORCID: 0000-0002-9585-9357
(Corresponding Author) Tel: (038) 32322532, Fax: (038) 323324401, E-mail: dr_hajihasani@lit.sku.ac.ir