A Study on Examining Academic Burnout among Indian College Students

The objective of this study is to understand the relationship between personality traits, self-esteem, and self-efficacy with academic burnout among Indian college students. A total of 316 Indian college students, who completed the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory-Student Version, Big Five Personality-2, Rosenberg Self-esteem scale and General Self-Efficacy measure, were enrolled. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis identified Indian college students’ experiences with all four dimensions of academic burnout, namely personal burnout, studies-related burnout, teacher-related burnout, and colleague-related burnout, are significantly influenced by their Big Five personality traits (with the exception of open-mindedness for personal burnout), self-esteem, and self-efficacy. Interestingly, self-efficacy and self-esteem have shown to be significant but not always clear predictors of the four dimensions of academic burnout.