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Investigating the relationship between academic burnout and educational factors among students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences

  • Received: 08 May 2019 Accepted: 07 July 2019 Published: 29 August 2019
  • Introduction: Academic burnout is among the factors that negatively affect academic performance and has recently been studied in schools and universities. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between academic burnout and educational factors among students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2015–2016. Materials and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 532 students who were in second or higher semester of their study in Guilan University of Medical Sciences. The instruments used in this study were the Maslach’s Student Burnout Questionnaire and the Educational Factors Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21. Results: A significant relationship was observed between academic burnout and passion in college major (P = 0.0001), failing the courses (P = 0.0001), probation record (P < 0.009), teaching factors, educational environment and educational facilities (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated a significant relationship between academic burnout and a number of educational factors. As a result, appropriate educational and teaching facilities can reduce students’ academic burnout.

    Citation: Soodabeh Gholizadeh Sarcheshmeh, Fariba Asgari, Minoo Mitra Chehrzad, Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili. Investigating the relationship between academic burnout and educational factors among students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences[J]. AIMS Medical Science, 2019, 6(3): 230-238. doi: 10.3934/medsci.2019.3.230

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  • Introduction: Academic burnout is among the factors that negatively affect academic performance and has recently been studied in schools and universities. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between academic burnout and educational factors among students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2015–2016. Materials and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 532 students who were in second or higher semester of their study in Guilan University of Medical Sciences. The instruments used in this study were the Maslach’s Student Burnout Questionnaire and the Educational Factors Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21. Results: A significant relationship was observed between academic burnout and passion in college major (P = 0.0001), failing the courses (P = 0.0001), probation record (P < 0.009), teaching factors, educational environment and educational facilities (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated a significant relationship between academic burnout and a number of educational factors. As a result, appropriate educational and teaching facilities can reduce students’ academic burnout.


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    Apomorphine-induced pathway perturbation in MPP+-treated SH-SY5Y cells by

    Jin Hwan Do AIMS Mol Sci, 2017, 4(3): 271-287. DOI: 10.3934/molsci.2017.3.271

    In the original article [1], a reference was missed. Now we add it as reference number [23]:

    Pepe D, Do JH (2016) Comparison of perturbed pathways in two different cell models for Parkinson's disease with structural equation model. J Comput Biol 23: 90-101.

    The error was introduced during production. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to the readers by this change. This error does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original manuscript will remain online on the article webpage.



    Acknowledgments



    This research was conducted as student dissertation with the financial support from the vice chancellor of research in Guilan University of Medical Sciences. The author hearty appreciate the respectable authorities of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, the Deputy of Education and all the students who contributed to the study.

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    The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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