Relationship between Self-efficacy and Academic Burnout with Internet Addiction in Medical and Dentistry Students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences

Self-efficacy as a predictor of personality traits can be effective factor to educational positions such as academic burnout. Today, given the popularity of Internet, its overuse is drew everyone's attention. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and academic burnout with internet addiction in medical and dentistry students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences
In a cross-sectional study, 250 doctoral students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences through Krejcie and Morgan sample size table were selected. The instruments were Maslach academic burnout scale, Scherer self-efficacy scale, and Young internet addiction scale. We analyzed the data by SPSS 17 using via descriptive statistics along with Spearman rank correlation coefficient, independent samples t test, and ANOVA.
Findings: There was significant positive correlation between self-efficacy and academic burnout(r=0.201¡p=0.01), and between self-efficacy and academic burnout in boys (r = 0.359, p In accordance with the relationship between self-efficacy and academic burnout, we recommend strengthening self-efficacy to have better academic outcomes.