Academic stress and academic burnout in adolescents: a moderated mediating model

Gào, Xīn

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1133706

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“…The World Health Organization defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which individuals are able to appreciate their abilities, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and contribute to their communities” ( 23 ). Evidence suggests that students in China’s education system are under tremendous academic and competitive pressure ( 24 ). The educational stress hypothesis suggests that the expansion of education and the shift to a knowledge-based economy have heightened the significance of academic performance in adolescents’ life prospects.…”

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Unraveling the core symptoms of mental health in senior grade three students- a network analysis

Fang,

Wang,

Yuan

et al. 2024

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundAdolescence is not only an important transitional period of many developmental challenges, but also a high risk period for mental health problems. Psychotherapy is recommended for mental health problems in adolescents, but its effectiveness is not always satisfactory. One possible contributing factor may be the lack of clarity surrounding core symptoms.MethodsIn this study, we investigated the mental health status of senior grade three students, a group of adolescents facing college entrance exams, by the Middle School Student Mental Health Test (MHT) and analyzed the core symptoms by network analysis. This study was conducted through an online survey platform (www.xiaodongai.com) from 15 February 2023 to 28 March 2024. The subjects scanned a QR code with their mobile phone to receive the questionnaire.ResultsThe mean age of these 625 students were 18.11 ± 2.90 years. There are 238 male participants and 387 female participants. 107 individuals scored above 56 (107/461, 23.2%), with individual scale scores over 8 up to over 60% of participating students. Notably, the top three prominent symptoms were “academic anxiety”, “allergic tendency” and “somatic symptoms”. However, upon conducting network analysis, it became evident that three strongest edges in this network were “somatic symptoms” and “impulsive tendency”, “academic anxiety” and “social anxiety” as well as “social anxiety” and “Loneliness tendency”. “somatic symptoms”, “social anxiety” and “self-blame tendency” exerted the highest expected influence. This suggests that, statistically speaking, these three symptoms exhibited the strongest interconnections within the network.LimitationCross-sectional analysis; Bias in self-reported variables.ConclusionThese findings can deepen the knowledge of mental health among senior grade three students and provide some implications (i.e., targeting symptoms having highest expected influence) for clinical prevention and intervention to address the mental health needs of this particular group.

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“…More than 60% of the students exhibited symptoms of “academic anxiety”, 41% displayed “somatic symptoms” and 36.8% of them have “allergic tendency”. Notably, academic anxiety has become a major concern for students and parents, as well as a pressing issue for psychotherapists to address in the treatment process ( 24 , 26 ).…”

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Unraveling the core symptoms of mental health in senior grade three students- a network analysis

Fang,

Wang,

Yuan

et al. 2024

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Bernstein et al (2008) defined the sources of stress as every circumstance or event that threatens to disrupt individuals' daily functioning and causes them to make adjustments. Stressors are external and internal pressures that disrupt equilibrium, impacting physical and mental health and necessitating remedial action to restore equilibrium (Gao, 2023;Lazarus & Cohen, 1977). However, they differ in the degree of severity and duration of stress.…”

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Academic stress and home environment: A quantitative study among school adolescents

Santhakumar,

Karim,

Venkatachalam

2023

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Academic performance is negatively impacted by an unfriendly home environment and increases academic stress among school students. This study examined the association between academic stress and home environment as well as explored the influence of the home environment in causing academic stress among adolescent school students. One hundred and twenty (120) school students were randomly selected from a government school and three private schools in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, India, and completed the measures of academic stress and home environment by using the Educational Stress Scale for Adolescent (ESSA; Sun et al., 2011) and Home Environment Inventory (HEI; Mishra, 1983). The findings revealed that academic stress did not differ significantly among school students, regardless of gender or type of school (government vs. private). In the home environment, however, there was a significant gender difference in the control sub-dimension and social isolation. Also, there was an association between academic stress and home environment dimensions such as control, punishment, and deprivation of privileges. Punishment was positively influenced by academic stress, whereas nurturance was negatively influenced by academic stress. These findings were discussed about the reduction of negative home environment outcomes in individuals experiencing academic stress.

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“…Although the relationship between academic stress and academic burnout has been explored in numerous studies, the underlying mechanisms connecting these two constructs remain unclear ( Cheng and Lin, 2023 ; Gao, 2023 ). Empirical evidence suggests that academic stress does not directly lead to academic burnout ( Hao et al, 2022 ).…”

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Psychological mechanisms of English academic stress and academic burnout: the mediating role of rumination and moderating effect of neuroticism

Zuo,

Zhao,

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionAcademic stress is a significant and prevalent phenomenon among college students. According to the Demands-Resources Model, when individuals are unable to cope with stress that exceeds their capacity, burnout may occur. Although English courses hold a significant position in university education, there has been limited research on the mechanisms linking English academic stress to English academic burnout.MethodsThis study recruited 1,130 undergraduate students taking English courses. Participants completed online questionnaires assessing English academic stress, rumination, English academic burnout, and neuroticism traits. A moderated mediation model was constructed to examine the relationship among these variables.ResultsThe results indicate that (1) Rumination serves as a mediator in the relationship between English academic stress and burnout; (2) neuroticism significantly moderates the pathway between English academic stress and rumination. Specifically, students with high neuroticism tendencies are more prone to developing rumination when faced with high levels of English academic stress.ConclusionThese findings offer valuable insights into the psychological mechanisms underlying the association between English learning stress and academic burnout. They emphasize the importance of addressing rumination as a mediator and considering individuals’ levels of neuroticism in interventions aimed at preventing and alleviating academic burnout among university students.

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Academic stress and academic burnout in adolescents: a moderated mediating model

Cited by 25 publications

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Unraveling the core symptoms of mental health in senior grade three students- a network analysis

Unraveling the core symptoms of mental health in senior grade three students- a network analysis

Academic stress and home environment: A quantitative study among school adolescents

Psychological mechanisms of English academic stress and academic burnout: the mediating role of rumination and moderating effect of neuroticism

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