Moving away from exhaustion: how core self-evaluations influence academic burnout.
BACKGROUND
Academic burnout refers to students who have low interest, lack of motivation, and tiredness in studying. Studies concerning how to prevent academic burnout are rare.


OBJECTIVE
The present study aimed to investigate the impact of core self-evaluations on the academic burnout of university students, and mainly focused on the confirmation of the mediator role of life satisfaction.


METHODS
A total of 470 university students accomplished the core self-evaluation scale, Satisfaction with Life, and academic burnout scale.


RESULTS
Both core self-evaluations and life satisfaction were significantly correlated with academic burnout. Structural equation modeling indicated that life satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between core self-evaluations and academic burnout.


CONCLUSIONS
Core self-evaluations significantly influence academic burnout and are partially mediated by life satisfaction.
Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Penghu
P
Lian
Political Work Academic Department, National Defense University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yunfeng
Y
Sun
Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Zhigang
Z
Ji
Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Hanzhong
H
Li
Department of Psychology, Forth Military Medical University, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Jiaxi
J
Peng
D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult