Impact of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction on Academic Burnout: A PLS-SEM Analysis
Tapi Rumondang Sari Siregar (a*), Esa Setiana (a), Nurul Wardani Lubis (c)

a) Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan
*tapirumondang[at]unimed.ac.id

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze how basic psychological need satisfaction influences academic burnout of students. Authors employed PLS-SEM analysis on 51 respondents gathered from a google form completed by undergraduate students in Faculty of Economics Universitas Negeri Medan. The finding suggests that basic psyhological need satisfaction negatively and significantly influences students^ academic burnout. From the results, we can conclude that basic psychological need satisfaction can prevent academic burnout. The finding gives insight for all stakeholder in university. We recommend faculty member to make an environment that can ignite basic psychological need satisfaction to reduce the possibility of students burnout.

Keywords: Basic psychological need satisfaction- academic burnout- PLS-SEM

Topic: Social Science and Humanities