Avoiding Academic Burnout: Academic Factors That Enhance University Student Engagement
Burnout is one of the major problems in higher education and is linked to a decline in students’ academic performance and achievement. Burnout, when prolonged over time and added to stress and high workloads, promotes the intention to drop out of studies, which translates into negative consequences...
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| author | Salvador Reyes-de-Cózar Alba Merino-Cajaraville María Rosa Salguero-Pazos |
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| description | Burnout is one of the major problems in higher education and is linked to a decline in students’ academic performance and achievement. Burnout, when prolonged over time and added to stress and high workloads, promotes the intention to drop out of studies, which translates into negative consequences for individuals and groups. Academic engagement is proposed as an effective alternative to offer solutions to improve the quality of education and counteract current negative trends. This study is based on a correlational–descriptive research design. It aimed to find out to what extent students feel engaged in their university studies and to identify and analyze possible correlations between engagement and specific classroom variables. To this end, a sample of 764 college students was studied. The result showed that students feel connected to and interested in their studies and that the area of knowledge impacts student engagement. They also indicate how learning strategies used in the classroom positively impact academic engagement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-654affc698d943808744e630a5e1ec132023-12-22T13:53:44ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-11-01131298910.3390/bs13120989Avoiding Academic Burnout: Academic Factors That Enhance University Student EngagementSalvador Reyes-de-Cózar0Alba Merino-Cajaraville1María Rosa Salguero-Pazos2Department of Communication and Education, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 41704 Dos Hermanas, SpainDepartment of Communication and Education, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 41704 Dos Hermanas, SpainDepartment of Communication and Education, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 41704 Dos Hermanas, SpainBurnout is one of the major problems in higher education and is linked to a decline in students’ academic performance and achievement. Burnout, when prolonged over time and added to stress and high workloads, promotes the intention to drop out of studies, which translates into negative consequences for individuals and groups. Academic engagement is proposed as an effective alternative to offer solutions to improve the quality of education and counteract current negative trends. This study is based on a correlational–descriptive research design. It aimed to find out to what extent students feel engaged in their university studies and to identify and analyze possible correlations between engagement and specific classroom variables. To this end, a sample of 764 college students was studied. The result showed that students feel connected to and interested in their studies and that the area of knowledge impacts student engagement. They also indicate how learning strategies used in the classroom positively impact academic engagement.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/12/989burnoutdropoutacademic engagementhigher education |
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| title | Avoiding Academic Burnout: Academic Factors That Enhance University Student Engagement |
| title_full | Avoiding Academic Burnout: Academic Factors That Enhance University Student Engagement |
| title_fullStr | Avoiding Academic Burnout: Academic Factors That Enhance University Student Engagement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Avoiding Academic Burnout: Academic Factors That Enhance University Student Engagement |
| title_short | Avoiding Academic Burnout: Academic Factors That Enhance University Student Engagement |
| title_sort | avoiding academic burnout academic factors that enhance university student engagement |
| topic | burnout dropout academic engagement higher education |
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