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Eleonora Farina1, Veronica Ornaghi1, Alessandro Pepe1
1Department of Human Sciences for Education "R. Massa", University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Frontiers in Psychology
|June 2, 2020
Summary
Students with higher empathic skills experience less school burnout, with satisfaction in school relationships mediating this effect. Developing positive relationships can mitigate burnout risk in adolescents.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Social Psychology
Background:
- School burnout is a significant issue among adolescents.
- Research has focused on interpersonal factors, neglecting individual traits like empathy.
- Empathic skills' role in school burnout requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the direct and indirect effects of students' empathic skills on school burnout.
- To investigate the mediating role of satisfaction with school relationships in this association.
- To develop a comprehensive model linking empathy, relationships, and burnout.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study with 998 high school students (ages 14-19).
- Quantitative self-report measures for school burnout, empathic skills (cognitive and affective), and satisfaction with school relationships (peers and teachers).
- Structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the proposed conceptual model, controlling for age.
Main Results:
- Empathic skills were significantly associated with both satisfaction in school relationships and school burnout.
- Satisfaction with school relationships partially mediated the relationship between empathy and school burnout.
- Student age also demonstrated statistically significant effects on the model.
Conclusions:
- Empathic skills are crucial in understanding and potentially reducing school burnout.
- Fostering positive and satisfying relationships with peers and teachers can buffer against burnout.
- Interventions aimed at enhancing empathy and relationship satisfaction may be effective in preventing adolescent school burnout.
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