Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout
Objectives Academic burnout poses a challenge to the educational process. Higher education institutions have responsibilities similar to the ones of management in business settings. These institutions are responsible for creating conditions conducive to development and, as such, may be interested in...
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| author | Teresa Chirkowska-Smolak Magdalena Piorunek Żaneta Garbacik |
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Academic burnout poses a challenge to the educational process. Higher education institutions have responsibilities similar to the ones
of management in business settings. These institutions are responsible for creating conditions conducive to development and, as such, may be
interested in verifying the presence of student burnout and pinpointing its causes. The purpose of this study was to answer these needs and develop
a scale to measure the effect of organizational factors that may predict student burnout.
Material and Methods
This paper reports the results of a study conducted on a sample of Polish students (N = 659) to construct and validate a multidimensional measure of organizational factors impacting academic burnout, focusing on students. For background purposes and as a starting point, the authors used the concept of the areas of worklife by Ch. Maslach and M. Leiter, who identified 6 areas of the work environment that affect the relationships people develop with their work, i.e., workload, control, reward, community, fairness, and values.
Results
The authors assessed the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity and performed
confirmatory factor analysis of the new scale to measure 6 areas of academic life. Given the results of this study, the scale can be recommended
as an adequate tool to measure organizational (academic) factors of burnout in students.
Conclusions
The authors have validated the final scale, which can be used to advance the understanding of the academic burnout phenomenon. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2023;36(6):798–811 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd91aedd43174e23b88520ed132d70bf2023-12-18T10:08:57ZengNofer Institute of Occupational MedicineInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health1232-10871896-494X2023-11-0136679881110.13075/ijomeh.1896.02173174185Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnoutTeresa Chirkowska-Smolak0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3942-5594Magdalena Piorunek1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3076-5800Żaneta Garbacik2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1889-0542Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland (Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology)Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland (Faculty of Educational Studies, Department of Social Counselling)Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland (Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Department of Social Counselling)Objectives Academic burnout poses a challenge to the educational process. Higher education institutions have responsibilities similar to the ones of management in business settings. These institutions are responsible for creating conditions conducive to development and, as such, may be interested in verifying the presence of student burnout and pinpointing its causes. The purpose of this study was to answer these needs and develop a scale to measure the effect of organizational factors that may predict student burnout. Material and Methods This paper reports the results of a study conducted on a sample of Polish students (N = 659) to construct and validate a multidimensional measure of organizational factors impacting academic burnout, focusing on students. For background purposes and as a starting point, the authors used the concept of the areas of worklife by Ch. Maslach and M. Leiter, who identified 6 areas of the work environment that affect the relationships people develop with their work, i.e., workload, control, reward, community, fairness, and values. Results The authors assessed the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity and performed confirmatory factor analysis of the new scale to measure 6 areas of academic life. Given the results of this study, the scale can be recommended as an adequate tool to measure organizational (academic) factors of burnout in students. Conclusions The authors have validated the final scale, which can be used to advance the understanding of the academic burnout phenomenon. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2023;36(6):798–811http://ijomeh.eu/Construction-and-validation-of-the-Areas-of-Academic-Life-Scale-to-measure-organizational,174185,0,2.htmlvalidationscaleacademic burnoutstudent stressareas of academic lifeorganization and management in tertiary education |
| spellingShingle | Teresa Chirkowska-Smolak Magdalena Piorunek Żaneta Garbacik Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health validation scale academic burnout student stress areas of academic life organization and management in tertiary education |
| title | Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout |
| title_full | Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout |
| title_fullStr | Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout |
| title_short | Construction and validation of the Areas of Academic Life Scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout |
| title_sort | construction and validation of the areas of academic life scale to measure organizational risk factors for student burnout |
| topic | validation scale academic burnout student stress areas of academic life organization and management in tertiary education |
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