Academic Burnout Profiles and Motivation Styles Among Korean High School Students

  • Min Young Lee
  • , Mi Kyoung Lee
  • , Min Joo Lee
  • , Sang Min Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study aimed to identify academic burnout profiles and to examine how motivational styles distinguish burnout patterns using descriptive discriminant analysis. The data were collected from a total of 1,015 (95.8% response rate, 57.3% female) Korean high school students. The Distressed (entirely burned out) and Well-Functioning (not burned out) groups were distinguished by amotivation, internal motivation, and identified regulation. The Struggling (burned out but do one's best to achieve) and Laissez-Faire (not actively participating in their study and could not achieve) groups were classified according to introjected and external regulation. Practical implications are discussed in regards to the alleviation of academic burnout and the improvement of students’ self-determination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-195
Number of pages12
JournalJapanese Psychological Research
Volume62
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Jul 1

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Japanese Psychological Association. Published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

Keywords

  • academic burnout
  • academic motivation
  • burnout intervention
  • burnout typology
  • self-determination theory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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