The Relationship Between of Personality Traits and Academic Burnout in Postgraduate Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of personality traits and academic burnout. The sample consisted of 150 MSc students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz within the academic year of 2011-2012 who were selected randomly by multi-stage random sampling method. The data was collected by Big five inventory (BFI), and Maslach Burnout Inventor-Student Scale (MBI-SS). Pearson correlation analysis showed that openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion had a significantly negative correlation with academic burnout. Neuroticism had a significantly positive correlation with academic burnout. Results of regression analysis also showed that personality traits played a major role in predicting academic burnout.

Personality Traits, Academic Burnout, University Students