Personality as a Predictor of Students' Academic Burnout

Previously Burnout is regarded as work related disorder. But recent Studies shows that many other factors are also responsible for Burnout among students. Present research deals with 'personality' as a major factor causing Burnout among students. In other words Burnout affects personality of a person concerned. The term personality is a broad concept which defines a person completely. But certain personality types have a tendency to develop the symptoms typically associated with Burnout. So the aim of present research is to investigate the relationship between personality dimensions and academic Burnout in students (higher secondary level). Randomized sample technique is used to select the sample and data collected from 159 higher secondary students from rural area of Chhattisgarh state (boys 96, Girls 63). Academic Burnout tool (ABT). A self made tool is prepared to measure students' academic Burnout which consist six dimensions i.e. Low academic achievement (LAA), Interaction between student and teacher (IBST), teacher's behaviour (TB), Lack of social support (LSS), Unfavourable Learning conditions (ULC), Extra work (EW) and also four Factor Eysenck's personality questionnaire (EPQ) is used. The results shows positive and significant relationship between extraversion personality (.345) and Neurotics personality (0.236) but only Psychotics kind of personality (.236) of student shows no significant relationship with students' academic Burnout.