The Roles of Academic Burnout and Academic Resilience as Mediators in the Relationship between Academic Vitality and Quality of Life in School

This study aims at examining the roles of academic burnout and academic resilience as mediators in the relationship between academic vitality and quality of life in schools.This descriptive research enjoyed a correlation methods of assessment (path analysis). The 354 samples were selected among 4570 high school students in Savojbolagh County, Karj, Iran in the academic year of 2017-2018. These samples were chosen based on Korjesi and Morgan table (1970) through randomly-multi clustering sampling. Data were collected using Marsh and Martin Lifelong Learning Questionnaire (2006), the Button and Williams's Quality of Life at Schools Questionnaire (1981), Bressu, Salonova and Schiofili's Educational Burnout Questionnaire (2007) and Samuels'Academic Resilience (2004). The reliability of the questionnaires was assessed using Cronbach's Alpha Test. Data were analyzed through Structural Equation Method (SEM). The results showed that academic vitality, academic burnout and educational resilience had a direct effect on the quality of life at the school. It can also be concluded that the variables of academic burnout and academic resilience played as a mediator among the academic vitality and quality of life in the schools.