Effect of School-based Rational-Emotive Behaviour Program on Burnout Among Adult Learners: Moderating Influence of Participants' Demographic Variables

Iremeka, Felicia Ukamaka; Eseadi, Chiedu; Ezenwaji, Chisom Ogochukwu; Ezenwaji, Ifeyinwa O.; Okide, Charity Chinelo; Ogbonna, Chimaobi Samuel; Onwuchekwe, Stanley Ikenna

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“…This research revealed that the online rational emotive behavioral therapy reduced academic burnout of undergraduate history students compared with participants in the waitlist control group. In terms of REBT's effectiveness in assisting students in managing burnout, our present finding supports several studies which found similar results in student population [3–5,11,12,14,23] . Heber et al [26] show that internet-based intervention effectively reduced symptoms of stress.…”

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“…In terms of REBT's effectiveness in assisting students in managing burnout, our present finding supports several studies which found similar results in student population. [3][4][5]11,12,14,23] Heber et al [26] show that internet-based intervention effectively reduced symptoms of stress. The finding of Harrer et al [27] supports online intervention delivery for reducing patient symptoms.…”

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“…In Nigerian studies of the university student population, internal consistency reliability tests show that Cronbach a score for the OLBI-S ranges from 0.77 to 0.90. [3][4][5]11,12,14,23] This online intervention was guided with an adapted electronic version of the manual of rational emotive behavioral therapy for the management of burnout [2] and was delivered using the telegram app. This online REBT intervention comprised cognitive restructuring strategies and re-education to alter students' burnout beliefs.…”

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“…In Nigerian studies of the university student population, internal consistency reliability tests show that Cronbach α score for the OLBI-S ranges from 0.77 to 0.90. [ 3 – 5 , 11 , 12 , 14 , 23 ]…”

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Academic burnout among undergraduate history students

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Background:This study aimed to examine the effect of an online psychological intervention on academic burnout of undergraduate history students in Nigeria.Method:The sample for the study consists of burned-out undergraduate history students selected randomly from public universities. A total of 18 undergraduate history students with moderate to high burnout symptoms were randomly allocated to the online intervention group, while 17 were randomly assigned to the waitlist control group.Results:The use of online rational emotive behavior therapy (online REBT) effectively reduced academic burnout and sustained this significant reduction among Nigerian undergraduate history students compared with a waitlist control condition.Conclusion:Online rational emotive behavior therapy intervention delivered to undergraduate history students brought about a significant decrease in academic burnout. Further studies should expand the benefits of online psychological intervention for burnout treatment among Nigerian undergraduate history students.

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“…According to these results, this intervention study is much like other intervention studies that have applied digital technologies to deliver burnout interventions and at the end have reported a significant reduction in burnout as a result of the intervention (e.g. Igbokwe et al, 2019;Iremeka et al, 2021;Ofoegbu et al, 2020). These results add to the growing number of studies showing that online/web-based interventions reduces psychological stress symptoms Heber et al, 2017;Ierardi et al, 2022).…”

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An online counseling intervention for Nigerian undergraduates with academic burnout

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2022

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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 η² 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.

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