Academic Burnout of Polish Students: A Latent Profile Analysis

Teresa Chirkowska-Smolak, Magdalena Piorunek, Tomasz Górecki, Żaneta Garbacik (), Violetta Drabik-Podgórna and Anna Kławsiuć-Zduńczyk
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Teresa Chirkowska-Smolak: Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 60-568 Poznań, Poland
Magdalena Piorunek: Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 60-568 Poznań, Poland
Tomasz Górecki: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Żaneta Garbacik: Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 60-568 Poznań, Poland
Violetta Drabik-Podgórna: Institute of Pedagogy, University of Wrocław, 50-527 Wrocław, Poland
Anna Kławsiuć-Zduńczyk: Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: According to Maslach and Leiter, burnout syndrome consists of three elements: exhaustion, cynicism, and a sense of ineffectiveness experienced by individuals in the work environment. However, burnout does not only apply to professional activity but can also be experienced by students pursuing higher education. This is important because the consequences of student burnout can be related to students’ mental and physical health. Until recently, the dominant diagnostic trend in the studies of burnout syndrome was based on a variable-focused approach. This approach focuses primarily on identifying subgroups in the population and presents different configurations of the various dimensions of burnout. However, there is emerging research using a person-centered approach and including the analysis of latent profiles to study professional and student burnout. This approach allows us to isolate subgroups of individuals in the study sample who have a similar burnout pattern. It focuses on the differences between individuals, which helps us to look at the phenomenon of professional burnout from a different perspective and shows the individuality of its experience. Our research aimed at identifying latent profiles, was conducted on a sample of 1519 Polish students, and partly confirms reports from other countries. We identified four profiles: low burnout, moderate below-average burnout, moderate above-average burnout, and very high burnout groups.

Keywords: professional burnout; academic burnout; education; latent profile analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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