The Nexus between Study Burnout Profiles and Social Support —The Differences between Domestic (Finnish) and International Master’s Degree Students
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2022-03
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en
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18
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Behavioral Sciences, Volume 12, issue 3
Abstract
The present study investigated the variation in higher education students’ study burnout experiences and how they are related to academic success and social support needs. Similarities and differences between the international and domestic students were also explored. In this mixedmethods study, the data were collected through a self-reported questionnaire, and a total of 902 (response rate 42%) first year master’s students from the fields of arts, business and technology responded. Using Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), we detected three distinct study burnout risk profiles (No exhaustion or cynicism; Exhausted; Exhausted and cynical). The following distinct forms of social support needs were found using theory-based qualitative content analysis: informational, instrumental, emotional, and co-constructional support. We found out that the students with highest risk of burnout had the lowest grade point averages (GPAs). Further investigation showed that international students pass their courses despite the experiences of study burnout, even though the GPAs might deteriorate. When the domestic students experience study burnout symptoms, they both gain fewer study credits and earn lower GPAs. Finally, a relationship between the form of support needed and the burnout profile was identified.Description
Funding Information: Open access funding provided by University of Helsinki. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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higher education, learning and academic success, person-centric research, social support, social well-being, study burnout
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Rönkkönen, S, Mattsson, M T, Virtanen, V, Pyhältö, K & Inkinen, M 2022, ' The Nexus between Study Burnout Profiles and Social Support —The Differences between Domestic (Finnish) and International Master’s Degree Students ', Behavioral Sciences, vol. 12, no. 3, 79 . https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12030079