The Role of School Attachment, Cognitive Flexibility, and Perfectionism in Predicting School Burnout
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This study aims to determine whether secondary school students’ levels of school attachment (attachment to school, attachment to teacher, attachment to friends), cognitive flexibility, and perfectionism (positive perfectionism, negative perfectionism) predict their school burnout levels (burnout due to school activities, burnout due to family, inadequacy at school, loss of interest in school). For this purpose, data were collected from 422 secondary school students in the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year using convenience sampling. The results of the study revealed that the sub-dimensions of school attachment, friend attachment, and teacher attachment were significant predictors of the total school burnout score and all sub-dimensions (burnout from school activities, burnout from family, inadequacy at school, and loss of interest in school) in secondary school students. In addition, it was determined that negative perfectionism in secondary school students was a significant predictor of total school burnout score and school burnout sub-dimensions, including burnout caused by school activities and loss of interest in school. On the other hand, positive perfectionism was a significant predictor of school inadequacy, one of the sub-dimensions of school burnout. Lastly, it was revealed that cognitive flexibility in secondary school students significantly predicted school burnout sub-dimensions, school inadequacy, and loss of interest in school. The research results were discussed in the light of the literature, and suggestions were presented. It is expected that prioritizing activities and practices that increase the level of attachment among middle school students to their friends and teachers, and making the necessary arrangements in this direction, will contribute to reducing student school burnout.
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