Developing a Structural Equation Modeling of the Role of Academic Stressors on Resilience, Motivation and Academic Burnout Among Pre-University Female in Isfahan

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a structural equation model of the role of academic stressors on resiliency, motivation and academic burnout among female participants of entrance exam of University in Isfahan. The population was female participants of entrance exam. Two hundred pre-university females were selected by random multistage method as samples of this study. The questionnaires: The Classroom and School Community (Rovai, 2002), Sarason Test Anxiety (1980), Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism (1990), Ego-Resiliency (Klohnen, 1996), Academic Motivation (Vallerand, 1992), Academic Burnout (Breso, 2007) were used. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used for studying structural equation and AMOS-1 was used for evaluating suggested model. According to proper fitting of final model, this model was verified and accepted. The results of research showed that the academic stressors were effective on academic burnout variables, academic motivation and resiliency variable. Also resiliency, as a mediator variable of academic stressors, led to educational inefficiency. The increase of academic stressors decreased academic motivation, especially internal motivation and resiliency, as a result the educational inefficiency increased. These pressures predicted academic burnout.

Keywords

• academic stressors
• test anxiety
• perfectionism
• resiliency
• Academic Motivation
• Academic burnout
• pre-university female participants