Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome and Fear of COVID-19 among Adolescent University Students
Raimundo Aguayo-Estremera,
Gustavo R. Cañadas,
Luis Albendín-García,
Elena Ortega-Campos,
Tania Ariza,
Carolina S. Monsalve-Reyes,
Emilia Inmaculada De la Fuente-Solana
Affiliations
Raimundo Aguayo-Estremera
Departamento de Psicobiología y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España, Campus de Somosaguas, Ctra. De Húmera, s/n, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Gustavo R. Cañadas
Department of Didactic of Mathematics, Faculty of Education Science, University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
Luis Albendín-García
Casería de Montijo Health Center, Granada-Metropolitan Heath District, Andalusian Heath Service, Calle Virgen de la Consolación, 12, 18015 Granada, Spain
Elena Ortega-Campos
Center for Health Research-UAL (CEINSA-UAL), Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
Tania Ariza
Department of Educational Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Education, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Av. De la Paz, 137, 26006 Logroño, Spain
Carolina S. Monsalve-Reyes
Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Católica de La Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
Emilia Inmaculada De la Fuente-Solana
Brain, Mind and Behaviour Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of burnout syndrome in adolescents entering university studies, to detect differences in burnout levels, personality factors and fear of coronavirus in a pandemic context due to COVID-19. A cross-sectional predictive study was performed with a sample that comprised 134 individuals in their first year of a Psychology degree at Spanish universities. The Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Survey, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale were applied. The prevalence of burnout is estimated according to three methods: Maslach and Jackson’s severity classification, Golembiewski’s phase model and Maslach et al.’s profile model. The estimates show significant differences. The results indicated that between 9 and 21% of students were at risk of developing burnout. On the other hand, students who reported having suffered psychological consequences of the pandemic showed greater emotional exhaustion, neuroticism and fear of COVID-19, and a lower level of personal accomplishment than those who did not suffer such consequences. Neuroticism was the only significant predictor for all burnout dimensions, and fear of COVID-19 did not contribute to any of them.
