Self-compassion mediates the relationship between alexithymia and learning burnout in Chinese primary and secondary school students: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Alexithymia has an important effect on learning burnout; however, the underlying mechanism of this relation remains unclear. This study aims to examine why alexithymia is related to increased learning burnout. Here, we investigated associations between alexithymia and learning burnout, as well as the potential mediating role of self-compassion in a sample of 466 Chinese children and adolescents from primary and secondary schools. Mediation analysis showed that higher alexithymia was significantly associated with greater learning burnout, and this relationship was mediated by self-compassion. Findings suggest that promoting self-compassion may mitigate the adverse effects of alexithymia on learning burnout.

Impact of learning burnout on emotional and behavior problems among returned migrant middle school students: the mediating role of childhood abuse

“…A range of buffering effects of CA on mental health (anxiety, depression, and burnout) and problematic behavioral outcomes (e.g., suicidal thoughts and emotional-behavioral problems) have been demonstrated. In a study of 466 primary and secondary students in China, narrative disorders were signi cantly and positively associated with LB (Zhang et al, 2023). In a study of 446 students with a mean age of 15.49 years in Turkey, teacher abuse and LB predicted behavioral problems among adolescents in a positive and signi cant direction (Çakar & Uzun, 2021).…”