Abstract:

The current research examines whether school burnout, which may be seen in high school students, varies or not in relation to such variables as gender, grade point average, grade level and the students’ status of attending private courses. The study is a correlational research type, the study group of which consists of 728 students studying in 3 different types of high schools located in 4 different regions of Turkey. Findings show that the school burnout which students experience varies in relation to such variables as gender, grade point average, grade level and the students’ status of attending private courses. Male students are a higher-risk group in terms of school burnout. Students with low grade point averages are a higher-risk group in terms of school burnout. The risk of school burnout increases as the grade level is higher. Attending private courses causes school burnout in students in some respects while it also protects students against school burnout in other respects.

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