Investigating the relationship between burnout education with self-efficacy and academic motivation of students

Higher education is one of the most important subcategories of the educational system. Its most important goal is to provide a context for the growth and training of healthy, efficient and responsible people to play a role in personal and social life. The present study has been done to determine the relationship between burnout education with self efficacy and academic motivation of  Dental students of Qom University of Medical Sciences.

This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among dental students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2019. The study samples were 132 students who were selected by census method. The data collection tools included demographic information questionnaire, academic burnout, academic motivation scale and self-efficacy questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (prevalence, percentage, mean) and single and multivariate logistic regression through Spss.

The mean and standard deviation of students' grades in this study were 38.47 ± 18.03 in the academic burnout scale, 164.11 ± 46.22 in the academic self-efficacy scale, and 141.50 ± 27.37 in the academic motivation scale. The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that, among the demographic variables and subscales, the most important factors affecting academic burnout are the academic year (CI = 1.47-88-36, OR = 11.40), residence status (OR= 1.17, CI=1.08-1.26), confidence in the ability to manage work, family, university (OR= 0.83, CI=0.70-0.98)and external motivation Is (OR= 1.07, CI=1.02-1.12). (P<0.05)

The variables of self-efficacy and academic motivation are the predictors of academic burnout among dental students, so that students with higher self-efficacy and external motivation are less likely to suffer from academic burnout.