ERIC Number: EJ1050219
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Mar
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Schoolwork Engagement and Burnout among Finnish High School Students and Young Adults: Profiles, Progressions, and Educational Outcomes
Tuominen-Soini, Heta; Salmela-Aro, Katariina
Developmental Psychology, v50 n3 p649-662 Mar 2014
Applying a person-centered approach, the primary aim of this study was to examine what profiles of schoolwork engagement and burnout (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism, inadequacy) can be identified in high school (N = 979) and among the same participants in young adulthood (ages ranging from 17 to 25). We also examined gender differences, group differences in academic and socioemotional functioning and long-term educational outcomes, and temporal stability in the group memberships. Latent profile analysis identified 4 groups of students in high school. Both "engaged" (44%) and "engaged-exhausted" (28%) students were engaged and doing well in school, although engaged-exhausted students were more stressed and preoccupied with possible failures. "Cynical" (14%) and "burned-out" (14%) students were less engaged, valued school less, and had lower academic achievement. Cynical students, however, were less stressed, exhausted, and depressed than burned-out students. Six years later, engaged students were more likely than predicted by chance to attend university. In young adulthood, 4 similar groups were identified. Configural frequency analysis indicated that it was typical for engaged students to stay in the engaged group and for engaged-exhausted students to move into a more disengaged group. The results on broadband stability from adolescence to young adulthood showed that 60% of the youth manifested stable engaged and 7% stable disengaged patterns, whereas 16% displayed emergent engagement and 17% emergent disengagement patterns. Overall, the findings demonstrate that adolescence is not a uniform time for either school engagement and well-being or disengagement and distress.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Burnout, Student Attitudes, High School Students, Young Adults, Late Adolescents, Gender Differences, Emotional Response, Student Characteristics, Learner Engagement, Values, School Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Personality Traits, Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology), Age Differences, Peer Groups, Adolescents, Well Being, Socioeconomic Status, Social Influences, Dropouts, Student Surveys, Likert Scales, Self Esteem, Academic Aspiration, Coding, Statistical Analysis, Profiles
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale
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