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Malin Brueckmann1, Elke Wild2, Fabian Wolff2
1Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany. malin.brueckmann@uni-bielefeld.de.
BMC Psychology
|August 28, 2025
Summary
Excessive studying, driven by self-esteem tied to academic success, can lead to burnout. Parental criticism during school years also contributes to university burnout, impacting exhaustion and cynicism.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Sociology
Background:
- Excessive studying is a known precursor to academic burnout.
- Risk factors for excessive studying remain under-researched.
- The self-esteem model of burnout provides a theoretical framework.
Purpose of the Study:
- Examine the influence of academic self-esteem contingency on burnout.
- Investigate the mediating role of excessive studying.
- Analyze the indirect effect of parental negative conditional regard on university burnout.
Main Methods:
- Serial mediation model used for analysis.
- Cross-sectional study design.
- Sample of 624 students from German universities.
Main Results:
- Excessive studying mediated the link between self-esteem contingency and burnout (exhaustion, reduced self-efficacy).
- Parental negative conditional regard in school indirectly affected university burnout (exhaustion, cynicism).
Conclusions:
- Findings support the self-esteem model of burnout.
- Academic self-esteem contingency and excessive studying contribute to burnout.
- Early parental academic negative conditional regard has lasting negative effects on university students.
Keywords:
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