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Changes in Academic Self-efficacy and Value and Crossover of Burnout Among Adolescent Students: A Two-wave Longitudinal Study

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Previous research has identified the crossover of burnout among spouses or colleagues in workplaces, but little is known about how burnout crosses over from one student to another. This two-wave longitudinal study examined the mediating effects of changes in academic self-efficacy and value in the crossover of burnout among adolescent students based on the Expectancy-Value Theory. Data were collected from 2346 Chinese high school students (Mage = 15.60, S = 0.82; 44.16% boys) over a period of 3 months. The results reveal that after controlling for T1 student burnout, T1 friend burnout negatively predicts T1-T2 changes in academic self-efficacy and value (intrinsic value, attachment value, and utility value), which in turn negatively predict T2 student burnout. Thus, changes in academic self-efficacy and value completely mediate the crossover of burnout among adolescent students. These findings highlight the importance of taking into account the decline of academic motivation in understanding the crossover of burnout.

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    Jie Huang, Dan Zhu & Wang Liu

  2. Hunan Key Laboratory of Children’s Psychological Development and Brain, 410205, Changsha, China

    Jie Huang, Dan Zhu & Wang Liu

  3. School of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, 710062, Xi’an, China

    Limin Zhou

  4. Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ningbo University, 315211, Ningbo, China

    Jun Lei

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H.J. conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination and drafted the paper; Z.L.M. conceived the study, and helped draft the paper; Z.D. participated in the design and coordination of the study; L.W. participated in the design of the study, and performed the statistical analysis; L.J. conceived the study, and helped to draft the paper. All authors read and approved the final paper.

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This study is supported by Hunan Province Education Scientific Planning Project (ND212222) and Hunan Province Social Science Committee Project (XSP22YBZ108).

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Huang, J., Zhou, L., Zhu, D. et al. Changes in Academic Self-efficacy and Value and Crossover of Burnout Among Adolescent Students: A Two-wave Longitudinal Study. J Youth Adolescence 52, 1405–1416 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01778-7

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