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Article

Publication Date

Summer 9-1-2024

Abstract

Background: The nursing students in the second year go in-depth in studying medical-surgical and critical nursing modules, which may result in growing levels of academic burnout; therefore, the need to explore psychological capital as an effective coping strategy is crucial. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between academic burnout and psychological capital among second-year nursing students at Ain Shams University. Research Question: What is the relation between academic burnout and psychological capital? Setting: The study was conducted in the faculty of nursing at Ain Shams University. Subjects: A convenient sample included 187 nursing students in the second year at the mean age. Data collection tools: The first tool was a student interviewing questionnaire to gather data related to students’ demographic and academic characteristics; the second tool was the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) to assess the student burnout level; the third tool was the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) to assess the student psychological capital level. Results: This study revealed that more than two-thirds of the students have a moderate level of academic burnout and more than half have a moderate level of psychological capital. Conclusion: It could be concluded that there was a highly statistically significant negative correlation between total academic burnout and total psychological capital among second-year nursing students. Recommendation: Nursing educators should focus on preventing academic burnout among students by early detection and implementing effective interventions using psychological capital as a positive coping strategy to reduce it.

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