The Relationship between Academic Burnout and Psychological Capital among Second-Year Nursing Students | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2024, Page 1603-1618 PDF (490.57 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.422597 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Asmaa Metwally Elhadidy1; Omayma Abu Bakr Osman2; Sahar Mahmoud2 | ||||
| 1Assistant lecturer at Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, British University in Egypt | ||||
| 2Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The nursing students in the second year go in-depth in studying medical surgical and critical nursing modules which may result in growing levels of academic burnout; therefore, the need to explore psychological capital as an effective coping strategy is crucial Aim: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between academic burnout and psychological capital among second-year nursing students at Ain Shams University. Research Question: What is the relation between academic burnout and psychological capital? Setting: The study was conducted in the faculty of nursing /Ain Shams University. Subjects: A convenient sample included 187 nursing students in the second year at the mean age. Data collection tools: The first tool was, a student interviewing questionnaire to gather data related to students’ demographic and academic characteristics, the second tool was, The Maslach Burnout Inventory- Student Survey (MBI-SS) to assess the student burnout level, the third tool was the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) to assess the student psychological capital level. Results: This study revealed that more than two-thirds of the students have a moderate level of academic burnout and more than half have a moderate level of psychological capital. Conclusion: It could be concluded that there was a highly statistically significant negative correlation between total academic burnout and total psychological capital among second-year nursing students. Recommendation: Nursing educators should focus on preventing academic burnout among students by early detection and implementing effective interventions using psychological capital as a positive coping strategy to reduce it. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Nursing students; Academic Burnout; Psychological Capital | ||||
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