“…In recent years, the number of studies about burnout has increased spectacularly and the study of burnout has been extended to almost every job, and even to non-occupational samples, for example students (Balogun, Helgemoe, Pellegrini, & Hoeberlein, 1996;Chang, Rand, & Strunk, 2000;Fimian, Fastenau, Tashner, & Cross, 1989;Gold, Bachelor, & Michael, 1989;MartÃnez, Marques, Salanova, & Lopez da Silva, 2002;McCarthy, Pretty, & Catano, 1990;Schaufeli, Salanova, González-Romá, & Bakker, 2002;Yang, 2004). Yang (2004) define student burnout thus: ''students in the learning process, because of course stress, course load or other psychological factors, display a state of emotional exhaustion, a tendency to depersonalization, and a feeling of low personal accomplishment.''…”