Abstract
Background. Nursing and midwifery students have relatively high levels of academic burnout. One of the mechanisms to combat this issue is resilience. The results related to the association between academic burnout and resilience indicate a negative association, but various studies have reported different correlation coefficients. Therefore, the current study was aimed to investigate the association between resilience and academic burnout among nursing and midwifery students. Methods. A total of 240 nursing and midwifery students were recruited in this cross-sectional study using stratified random sampling. Data were collected by a demographic information questionnaire, the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS). Data were analyzed by SPSS-16 using t-test, ANOVA, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, and linear regression analysis. Results. The mean scores of academic burnout for nursing and midwifery students were 41.4 ± 14.8 and 41.2 ± 12.3, respectively, but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.368). The mean scores of resilience for nursing and midwifery students were 58.1 ± 13.3 and 52.9 ± 13.9, respectively, which showed a statistically significant difference (p = 0.004). Resilience was significantly inversely correlated with academic burnout in nursing and midwifery students (r = −0.04,p < 0.001; r = −0.39,p < 0.001). Increased resilience in students decreased academic burnout (p < 0.001). Conclusion. Academic burnout was moderate in nursing and midwifery students, but resilience was relatively high. Given the negative correlation between resilience and academic burnout, it is necessary to strengthen resilience skills and reduce factors that cause academic burnout.
Highlights
Individuals working in any profession can be exposed to stress at the workplace
Data were collected through self-report, which may have affected the accuracy of the data. Interventions such as workshops are recommended to prevent academic burnout and increase resilience among students
In terms of resilience, nursing and midwifery students had moderate to high levels of resilience, and nursing students were more resilient than midwifery students
Summary
Individuals working in any profession can be exposed to stress at the workplace. the nature of some occupations, including nursing and midwifery, requires that their employees be more exposed to job stress [1,2,3,4,5,6]. e teaching/ learning process, especially in the fields of nursing and midwifery, is a stressful experience. Evidence suggests that nursing and midwifery students have relatively high levels of burnout [5,6,7, 16]. Nursing and midwifery students have relatively high levels of academic burnout. E results related to the association between academic burnout and resilience indicate a negative association, but various studies have reported different correlation coefficients. E mean scores of academic burnout for nursing and midwifery students were 41.4 ± 14.8 and 41.2 ± 12.3, respectively, but the difference was not statistically significant (p 0.368). E mean scores of resilience for nursing and midwifery students were 58.1 ± 13.3 and 52.9 ± 13.9, respectively, which showed a statistically significant difference (p 0.004). Academic burnout was moderate in nursing and midwifery students, but resilience was relatively high. Given the negative correlation between resilience and academic burnout, it is necessary to strengthen resilience skills and reduce factors that cause academic burnout
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