Abstract
Burnout symptom is an emotional and psychological imbalance commonly experienced by students of tertiary institutions. This unhealthy state of existence is capable of undermining the quality of health and academic performances resulting in exhaustion and disengagement. The current study therefore aimed to investigate the effect of rational-emotive behavior intervention -REBI on managing burnout symptoms among postgraduate students in public universities. This research was based on experimental design involving treatment and control groups. Using a purposive sampling technique, 92 study participants were recruited from the public universities in Nigeria from July 2019 and January 2020. The treatment intervention was delivered to only the experimental group with an evidence-based REBI manual. Data collection process was completed using the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory-student version -OLBIS with internal consistency of 0.77 index. The complete data analysis was done using SPSS version 22. The results indicated that no significant difference existed between the participants in the experimental (23.17±2.71) and control groups (21.69±2.80) on OLBI-S pretest, F=0.147, P=.738, h2p =0.014, DR2=0.709, SE=1.52. Statistically significant difference was found to exist between the participants in the experimental (11.43±4.17) and control groups (22.02±5.66) on OLBI-S posttest scores, F=2.081, P=0.041, h2p=0.105, DR2=0.706, SE=1.40. This study showed that REBI was effective in managing burnout symptoms among postgraduate students in public universities in Nigeria. The REBI is considered very effective in managing diverse emotional and psychological problems existing among students. There is need for enlightenment and massive health education on burnout and prospective ways of managing it.
Highlights
Evidence of burnout symptoms among students abounds (Dyrbye et al, 2012; Heinen, Bullinger & Kocalevent, 2017)
This study showed that REBI was effective in managing burnout symptoms among postgraduate students in public universities in Nigeria
2) find out the effect of REBI on managing burnout symptoms among postgraduate students in public universities based on socio-demographic variables
Summary
Evidence of burnout symptoms among students abounds (Dyrbye et al, 2012; Heinen, Bullinger & Kocalevent, 2017). Victims of burnout symptoms are more prone to poor academic achievement with little or no interest in school activities (Lin & Huang, 2014; Popa-Velea et al, 2017) Most often, they find it difficult to seek professional help, and hardly maintain stable emotion (Ogbuanya et al, 2018). The increasing cases of burnout symptoms and reliable ways to manage them among university students the postgraduates have remained a major concern to health experts and professionals. This current research validated the effect of rational-emotive behavior intervention -REBI on managing burnout symptoms in a sample of postgraduate students in public universities. 2) find out the effect of REBI on managing burnout symptoms among postgraduate students in public universities based on socio-demographic variables
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