Özet:

It is no doubt that the unprecedented arrival of COVID-19 has not only affected the educational practices but also the psychology of the students worldwide. This study aims to investigate the relationships between primary school students' school burnout level, school satisfaction and COVID-19 phobia, and to analyze the impact of parents' income and their educational level on the students’ fear of COVID-19 when burnout and school satisfaction are considered as internal variables, and family income and parents’ educational level considered as external variables. The data were collected using "Fear of COVID-19 Scale", "School Satisfaction Scale for Children", and “School Burnout Scale”. 589 primary school students participated in the study. The data were analyzed using Path analysis. The results revealed that students' burnout and school satisfaction levels are positive predictors of fear of COVID-19. When the school burnout is considered as a mediator, the fear of COVID-19 increases as the family income level decreases. It was also found that when school satisfaction acts as a mediator, the fear of COVID-19 decreases as the school burnout level increases. When the level of burnout is considered as a mediator, the fear of COVID-19 increases as the family income level decreases. Another finding was that as the father’s educational level decreases, school burnout level increases whereas as mothers’ educational level increases, the students’ school satisfaction decreases. We believe that this study reveals significant results for educational policy makers, educators, and parents to realize the psychological impacts of pandemic on primary school students.