Burnout, does the university entrance test failing attribute? A Bangladeshi exploratory study.

ABSTRACT: Getting admission into a university is highly competitive globally and can be regarded as a mental stressor for some individuals. In Bangladesh, most of the universities allow students to repeat the test, whereas repeat test-taking students are supposed to suffer from psychological issues like burnout because of academic non-achievement in their first attempt. But there is no prior study assessing burnout to the population, which was investigated herein. A cross-sectional study was carried out among a total of 911 Bangladeshi university entrance test-taking students (i.e., 49.5% first-time test-takers). The survey measures included socio-demographics, admission-related issues, and mental health problems (depression, anxiety, and burnout). Of the mental health problems, depression, anxiety,

SUBMITTER: Mamun MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8491878 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature