Abstract:

The present research is a descriptive study aiming to examine the burnout level of students according to gender, grade level, the type of school they attended and perceived level of academic achievement. The study group consisted of 1385 high school students ranging from the preparatory to 12th grade attended various high schools in 2010-2011 educational year in Mersin central districts. “Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey” (MBI-SS), adapted to Turkish and conducted validity and reliability studies by Çapri, Gündüz and Gökçakan (2011) was used to measure burnout level of students) “Personal Information Sheet” designed by the researcher was used to gather personal information in the study. One-way analysis of variance (one way ANOVA) and t-test were used to compare the burnout level of students according demographic variables. In the research, it was observed that the burnout level of male students is higher than female students in exhaustion and depersonalization dimensions. Preparatory class students in exhaustion sub-dimension, 9th graders in depersonalization sub-dimension, and 11th graders in efficacy subdimension of MBI-SS scored higher than other groups. Although no significant difference was observed in exhaustion dimension according to perceived achievement level, it was stated that the students perceiving their achievement level low scored higher in depersonalization and efficacy sub-dimensions of Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey

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