Relationship Between Time Management Disposition and Learning Burnout Among Undergraduates in Medical University: Mediating Effect of Academic Self-Efficacy

摘要

The objective of this paper is to explore the relationship between the time management disposition, academic self-efficacy and learning burnout among undergraduates in the medical university. Adolescence Time Management Disposition Inventory (ATMDI), Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES), Learning Burnout of Undergraduates Scale (LBUS) and a self-edited questionnaire on the general information were administered to 772 undergraduate who were selected by stratified random sampling from a medical university. The results showed that: (1) the total score of ATMDI (114.1 ± 19.5) was at the middle level, as well as the total score of ASES (73.1 ± 10.9) and LBUS (61.8 ± 8.6); (2) correlation analysis showed that there was a significant pairwise correlation among the total score of ATMDI, ASES and LBUS (r = 0.298 - 0.585, P < 0.01); (3) the total score of ASES had a partly mediating effect in the relationship between the total score of ATMDI and the total score of LBUS. Finally this paper drew a conclusion: time management disposition not only has a direct role on the learning burnout in the undergraduates in the medical university, but also indirectly influences it through academic self-efficacy.