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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of academic motivation's component in the relationship between psychological capitals with academic burnout of students. The study design was a descriptive correlational type and statistic population included all students of Islamic Azad University ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of academic motivation's component in the relationship between psychological capitals with academic burnout of students. The study design was a descriptive correlational type and statistic population included all students of Islamic Azad University Tehran center and Tehran east branches and Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch in 2016-2017 first semester which through them in a multi-stage random sampling method 410 people were selected. The study tool included Academic Burnout Questionnaire (Berso, 1997), Academic Motivation Scale (Vallerand et al., 1992), and for Psychological Capital Questionnaire: Life Orientation Test (Scheier & Carver, 1991), Resilience Scale (Connor & Davidson, 2003) and Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991). The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling. Intrinsic academic motivation and academic amotivation negatively and significantly mediated the effect of psychological capital on academic burnout. It is suggested that to provide psychological capitals and a platform for the growth of talent for all students, and individuals have the incentive to work hard to achieve the goal.