Abstract

Student burnout is a concept born out of the occupational syndrome of working adults. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and shift of learning from face-to-face to online, people have experienced mental health issues in terms of burnout, especially among college students. With no mental health program in place in many higher education institutions, there is a need to find out students' burnout risks and status. This study used a modified survey questionnaire from the American Public Welfare Association to determine the burnout risks of the 245 student participants of a university in the northern Philippines. Results showed that the participants have moderate to high risks for burnout, especially the female students. These students already need interventional measures to combat their present mental health problems. It is thus recommended that future researchers be done on burnout that studies the different student constructs of burnout to formulate a more comprehensive mental health program specifically designed for students.

Highlights

  • COVID-19 has affected people's lives all over the world, bringing changes in all aspects of life

  • Burnout is considered a psychiatric disorder that results from the continuous exposure to stress commonly in the workplace that is characterized by a persistent feeling of fatigue and tiredness or lack of energy, increasing feelings of detachment from work/activities, or reduced enthusiasm and enjoyment of previously gratifying endeavors and inefficiency in terms of performance and competence (World Health Organization, 2019)

  • The authors of the present study would like to explore the burnout risks of college students in the provinces where the factors of urbanization are less apparent and experienced but with the COVID-19 changes

Read more

Summary

Introduction

COVID-19 has affected people's lives all over the world, bringing changes in all aspects of life. Both of the studies were done in 2 prestigious large universities in Metro Manila In this regard, the authors of the present study would like to explore the burnout risks of college students in the provinces where the factors of urbanization are less apparent and experienced but with the COVID-19 changes. Social support and life satisfaction are a function of students' socio-demographic characteristics, especially the economic aspects, because it determines the ability to cope with academic requirements needed to perform in school (Wang et al, 2019). Research Questions The study aims to determine Filipino college students' burnout risks in a university in northern Luzon during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year level
Low risk coping
POLSC I
Overall Burnout Risks of the Participants
Relationships and Differences of Burnout Risks
Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call