Authors : Ju-Hyun Kim and Sung-Joo Park
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to find the relation between achievement goal orientation, academic burnout and learning flow and look into a method of alleviating university student’s academic burnout. To achieve that this study divided the conceptual structure of achievement goal orientation into approach and avoidance types in terms orientation attitude and analyzed the mediating effect of learning flow on the relation between achievement goal orientation and academic burnout. The study subjects were male and female students in four universities including G university located in Gyeongsangbuk-do. Their data were analyzed. The main result is summarized as follows: academic burnout was alleviated by the mediating effect of learning flow. Given the result, if it is possible to change university student’s achievement goal orientation to approach based one at counseling field, it is considered that students are able to experience learning flow and alleviate academic burnout. In the future, it will be necessary to investigate various factors influencing achievement goal orientation and academic burnout and study mediating variables systematically.
Ju-Hyun Kim and Sung-Joo Park, 2017. The Relationship Between Achievement Goal Orientation and Academic Burnout for University Students: The Mediating Effect of the Learning Flow. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 5704-5707.