Hamid Karimi; raha zarei; Naser Valizadeh
Abstract
Eliminating academic burnout and increasing academic performance have always been one of the most critical challenges of higher education systems. From this perspective, identification and analysis of factors affecting them are of great importance. The main aim of this research was to analyze the effects ...
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Eliminating academic burnout and increasing academic performance have always been one of the most critical challenges of higher education systems. From this perspective, identification and analysis of factors affecting them are of great importance. The main aim of this research was to analyze the effects of emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, and mental health to reduce academic burnout and to boost performance of agricultural Students. Present study is an applied research which was implemented using field survey. The statistical population was agricultural students of Iran public universities in 2018 (N=236973). 386 students were selected as a sample through stratified random sampling method. Research tool was a closed-ended questionnaire which its validity confirmed by a panel of experts. Ordinal theta coefficients demonstrated an acceptable reliability for the research tool (θ=0.74-0.89). The findings of path analysis revealed that independent variables predicted 69.3, 42.3 and 30.3 percent of variations in academic performance, academic burnout and mental health, respectively.