“…Burnout in police academy cadets has not been studied even though various other types of students have been shown to experience it (Asikainen et al, 2022; Barratt and Duran, 2021; Maricuțoiu and Sulea, 2019; Portoghese et al, 2018; Yang, 2004). For instance, burnout has been investigated among secondary school students (Farina et al, 2020; Salmela-Aro et al, 2016; Walburg, 2014), undergraduate students (Asikainen et al, 2022; Jagodics and Szabó, 2022; Kuittinen and Meriläinen 2011; Maricuțoiu and Sulea, 2019), medical students (Kirwin et al, 2021; Sveinsd'ottir et al, 2021), employed students (Drăghici and Cazan, 2022; Lingard, 2007) and distance learning students (Barratt and Duran, 2021). If undergraduate students have been found to experience burnout in the literature, how much more would students (cadets) combining police training with the demands of a university education experience burnout?…”