Relationship between parent-adolescent discrepancies in educational expectations and academic burnout: A response
Xuanye Bai1, Youzhi Song2, Minlian Liang3
1School of Education (Shanwei), South China Normal University, Shanwei, China.
Acta Psychologica
|February 2, 2025
Summary
Parent and adolescent educational expectations influence student academic burnout. Aligned expectations and higher student expectations reduce burnout by boosting academic self-efficacy, a key mediator.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Adolescent academic burnout is a growing concern, characterized by fatigue and disinterest.
- Parental educational expectations can significantly impact student academic experiences.
- Understanding the interplay between parent-adolescent expectations and student well-being is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between parent-adolescent discrepancies in educational expectations and student academic burnout.
- To examine the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in this relationship.
- To provide insights for interventions aimed at reducing adolescent academic burnout.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a questionnaire survey with 745 parent-junior high student pairs.
- Employed polynomial regression and response surface analysis to assess expectation congruence and discrepancies.
- Quantified the mediating effect of academic self-efficacy on academic burnout.
Main Results:
- Aligned parent-adolescent educational expectations, when high, decreased academic burnout via increased academic self-efficacy.
- Discrepancies where student expectations exceeded parental expectations also reduced academic burnout by enhancing academic self-efficacy.
- Academic self-efficacy significantly mediated the link between expectation discrepancies and academic burnout.
Conclusions:
- Academic self-efficacy plays a critical mediating role in the association between parent-adolescent educational expectation congruence/discrepancy and student academic burnout.
- Interventions should focus on aligning expectations and bolstering academic self-efficacy to mitigate burnout.
- Findings offer a framework for parents and educators to support adolescent academic well-being.
Keywords:
Academic burnoutAcademic self-efficacyEducational expectationJunior high schoolResponse surface analysisMore Related Videos
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