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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1408240

Academic burnout and family communication as predictors of life satisfaction in Peruvian university students

Provisionally accepted
Julia Gutierrez Ticona Julia Gutierrez Ticona *Rocío N. Barahona Urbano Rocío N. Barahona Urbano Diana R. Barahona Urbano Diana R. Barahona Urbano Josué E. Turpo Chaparro Josué E. Turpo Chaparro Isaac A. Conde Rodríguez Isaac A. Conde Rodríguez
  • Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Peru

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    This study aimed to determine if academic burnout and family communication predict life satisfaction in Peruvian university students. The design was cross-sectional predictive, and 708 Peruvian university students participated. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Family Communication Scale (FCS), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were used to obtain information on the variables. Descriptive and inferential analysis used structural equation modeling and the Robust Maximum Likelihood Estimator. The results present a negative relationship between Academic Burnout and Life Satisfaction with a significant estimate of -0.849 (p < 0.001), with a beta coefficient (β) of -0.469, and a positive relationship between Family Communication and Life Satisfaction, showing a significant positive estimate of 0.436 (p < 0.001), with a beta coefficient (β) of 0.420. These results confirm the need to implement programs that provide guidance to students on academic burnout and how to prevent it. Likewise, strategies to improve family communication must be incorporated in order to improve students' life satisfaction. In conclusion, these findings confirm that AB and FC are predictive factors of LS, academic Burnout decreases life satisfaction, and family communication increases life satisfaction in Peruvian university students.

    Keywords: academic burnout1, family communication2, life satisfaction3, University students4, Peruvian university students5

    Received: 27 Mar 2024; Accepted: 06 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Gutierrez Ticona, Barahona Urbano, Barahona Urbano, Turpo Chaparro and Conde Rodríguez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Julia Gutierrez Ticona, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Peru

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