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Open Access 22-03-2022 | Burnout Syndrome | Original Paper

School burnout trends and sociodemographic factors in Finland 2006–2019

Authors: Sanna Read, Lauri Hietajärvi, Katariina Salmela-Aro

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 8/2022

Abstract

Purpose

To identify the changes of school burnout for Finnish adolescents in lower (grades 8–9) and upper secondary schools (grades 10–11) during years 2006–2019; and to examine the associations of personal—(gender, family socioeconomic, and immigrant status) and school-related (school level, urban–rural area) sociodemographic demands and resources in school burnout.

Methods

We used nationally representative data on 949,347 students in secondary school in Finland between 2006 and 2019. Generalized Linear Models were used to assess the effects of year, gender, school level, parental education, unemployment, immigrant status, and urban–rural area and the interactions of year, gender, and school level with each of the remaining sociodemographic variables on school burnout.

Results

School burnout increased among girls and slightly declined among boys. The increase intensified in girls and the decline in boys stagnated after 2011. The educational level of the parents had a constant protective impact over time, the gradient for boys slightly larger compared to girls. Urban areas contributed to the trend of increasing school burnout among girls but not among boys. Parental unemployment and immigration background were associated with the increasing trend of school burnout over time, although somewhat mitigated by parental education.

Conclusion

The results showed the trends in school burnout are often gendered and appeared to worsen aligned with the school budget cuts after 2011. In addition to considering school burnout related to lower parental education and urbanization, it is important to support those students in families experiencing unemployment and/or immigration, especially when concurring with lower parental education.

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Title: School burnout trends and sociodemographic factors in Finland 2006–2019
Authors: Sanna Read
Lauri Hietajärvi
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Publication date: 22-03-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Burnout Syndrome
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 8/2022
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02268-0

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