Predictive effects of learning burnout on positive and negative mental health in college students / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the predictive role of learning burnout on positive and negative mental in college students.Methods:By convenience sampling method,786 college students were selected.They were as-sessed with the Learning Burnout Scale of Undergraduates (LBUS;including three factorsdejection,improper be-havior and reduced personal accomplishment)to investigate the learning burnout,the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (adult version)(MHC-SF;reflecting positive mental health stateslanguishing,moderately mentally healthy and flourishing)to investigate positive mental health,and the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28;dividing negative mental health levelspathological one or not)to investigate negative mental health.Results:The total scores and three factors scores of LBUS were negatively correlated with MHC-SF scores (r = -0.48 --0.14,Ps <0.01).The total scores and sub-scores of dejection and improper behavior were positively correlated with GHQ-28 scores (r =0.14 -0.41,Ps <0.01 ).The results of discriminate analysis showed that the learning burnout could predict the positive mental health,the correct prediction rates of three mental health symptoms,lan- guishing,moderately mentally healthy and flourishing were 63.2%,51.2%,and 64.1%,respectively.The total forecast was at a rate of 56.4%,and three factors of learning burnout had the contribution to predict positive psy-chological health.Logistic regression analysis showed that learning burnout of undergraduates could positively pre-dict negative psychological health,the pathological and non-pathological rate of correct prediction were 67.5% and 55.9%,and the total correct prediction rate was 62.0%.Depression could positively predict negative mental health (OR =1.11).Conclusion:Learning burnout could effectively predict both positive and negative mental health in college students.