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Trial reportMedicine2019

A group-focused rational emotive behavior coaching for management of academic burnout among undergraduate students: Implications for school administrators.

Ifeyinwa O Ezenwaji, Chiedu Eseadi, Samuel C Ugwoke, Uche C Vita-Agundu, Edith Edikpa, Francisca C Okeke, Bernadette N Nwafor, Agatha N Ozioko, Justina O Ebinyasi, Linus O Nwabuko and 2 more

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Trial report in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ifeyinwa O EzenwajiDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Chiedu EseadiDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Samuel C UgwokeDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Uche C Vita-AgunduDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Edith EdikpaDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Francisca C OkekeDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Bernadette N NwaforDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Agatha N OziokoDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Justina O EbinyasiDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Linus O NwabukoDepartment of Adult Education & Extra-Mural Studies.
Lily G NjokuDepartment of Educational Foundations.
Michael A AguDepartment of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, P.M.B 410001, Nigeria.
University of Nigeria · NG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHigh-stress level affects students' health and many of them experiencing high levels of stress are at risk of burnout. School administrators are often concerned about the experiences and negative effects of burnout among students and staff. Burnout is described as a psychological reaction to chronic stress. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of a group-focused intervention (rational emotive behavior coaching, REBC) on academic burnout among undergraduate students attending public universities in Southeast Nigeria.

methodsA group randomized controlled trial design was adopted for this study. A total of 52 convenient samples of undergraduate students (with a high degree of burnout symptoms) took part in the research. We used a group REBT program manual for the management of burnout which was complemented with REBC techniques. Data were gathered with the aid of the perceived stress scale (PSS-10) and Oldenburg Burnout inventory-student (OLBI-S). Data were analyzed using ANOVA and paired t test at .05 probability level.

resultsResults showed that the group-focused REBC program significantly alleviated burnout symptoms among students in the treatment group compared to students in the control group as measured by OLBI-S subscales: exhaustion (F(1,51) = 41.789, P = .000, (Equation is included in full-text article.), ΔR = 0.634, SE = 1.00), and disengagement (F(1,51) = 196.036, P = .000, (Equation is included in full-text article.), ΔR = 0.869, SE = 0.69). The students who benefitted from the group-focused REBC program maintained reduced symptoms of burnout after three months when the researchers conducted a follow-up as measured by OLBI-S subscales: exhaustion (F(1,51) = 34.012, P = .000, (Equation is included in full-text article.), ΔR = 0.467, SE = 1.21), and disengagement (F(1,51) = 108.941, P = .000, (Equation is included in full-text article.), ΔR = 0.765, SE = 0.85).

conclusionThis research indicates that group-focused REBC can be applied to reduce burnout symptoms among undergraduate students. The group-focused REBC intervention may be adapted to overcome employee burnout and school administrators' burnout. Researchers may need to investigate the possibility of storing and harnessing data from studies on REBC and burnout and delivering computer-based/internet REBC program following evidence-based computing strategies and principles.

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AdolescentAdultBehavior TherapyBurnout, ProfessionalFemaleHumansMaleNigeriaPerceptionSocioeconomic FactorsStress, PsychologicalStudentsUniversitiesYoung Adult

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