An Online Counseling Intervention for Nigerian Undergraduates with Academic Burnout

Autor/in	Eseadi, Chiedu
Titel	An Online Counseling Intervention for Nigerian Undergraduates with Academic Burnout
Quelle	6 (2022) 1, S.35-44 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Eseadi, Chiedu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2620-5750
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Comparative Analysis; Intervention; Counseling Techniques; Burnout; Computer Mediated Communication; Mental Health; School Health Services; Counseling Effectiveness; Outcomes of Treatment; Academic Achievement; Social Bias; Student Attitudes; Counseling Services; Measures (Individuals); Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Computerkonferenz; Psychohygiene; Schuleingangsuntersuchung; Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten
Abstract	A growing problem among university students is academic burnout, and it has become more prevalent in recent years. With the increasing demand for school mental health services, online counseling interventions are gradually being regarded as a reasonable way to provide assistance to students with regard to burnout reduction. It was the researcher's aim to find out whether an online counseling intervention would be able to reduce academic burnout in a Nigerian undergraduate sample. A total of 80 Nigerian undergraduates were participants of this study. In this study, the participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n=40) and to the control group (n=40) by using a simple randomization procedure. For the collection of data, the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory for Students and the Students School Burnout Inventory were utilised. The researcher applied repeated measures ANOVA to examine within and between groups' mean differences, reported [eta squared] to establish treatment effect size, and conducted posthoc analyses where mean differences existed using Holm's approach. The results of the study demonstrate that the online counseling intervention for academic burnout was effective in reducing the level of academic burnout among Nigerian undergraduates. As online counseling can help students reduce academic burnout, this finding opens the door to reach a larger number of burned-out students, such as those who live off-campus or are afraid of social stigma when seeking mental health care. This intervention has the potential to significantly improve student mental health related to burnout in other higher education settings like polytechnics. It is recommended that students should be encouraged to receive psychological supports and care from the university's counseling centre, not just during crises, but as a regular process of mental health support. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01