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INTER-PERSONAL FUNCTIONING OF POLISH AND AMERICAN STUDENTS EXPERIENCING THE BURNOUT SYNDROME / SCHOOL BURNOUT
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The basis of this research related to student burnout is the psychosocial approach of Ch. Maslach - American psychologist of Polish origin. According to the author of this concept, one of the indicators of personal and professional successes is the interpersonal functioning of a human being. A lot of research has been done about the burnout. Most often, they concerned professional burnout among employees representing social professions [1], [9], [3], [4]. Unfortunately, little is known about pupils' school burnout, its causes, manifestations and effects. Exhausted students may fall into anger and aggression, which will largely cause inappropriate social relations in the school environment. It is not known what school situations are perceived by students as stressors and in which students they cause burnout. The aim of the presented research was to compare the social relations of students experiencing the burnout syndrome in the Polish and American school environment. The research is an extension of the author's earlier research. The studies used the SSBS Scale by A. Aypay [4] in the adaptation of K. Tomaszek, A. Muchacka - Cymerman [8]. The scale consists of 34 questions, to which the respondents answer 4 - graded Likert scale. The tool allows to assess the global level of school burnout (SSBS) and its 4 dimensions: LIS - Loss of Interest in School, BDS - Burnout Due to Studying, BDF - Burnout Due to Parents, BDH - Burnout Due to Doing Homework, BTT - Being Bored and Tired of Teacher Attitudes, NRF - Need to Rest and Have Fun, ISS - Incompetence in School. The higher the score, the lower the level of school burnout. In addition, the research used a Personal Questionnaire to collect basic information about the students being examined, ie gender, age, subjective assessment of fulfilling the role of the student, the quality of relationships with peers and the quality of family relationships. The research was carried out in the first half of 2018. A total of 120 students - 16-17-year-old - participated in the study, including 60 from Polish high schools and 60 from American high school; 62 girls and 58 boys. The research allowed to determine the differences in the level of burnout of students depending on the sex and the quality of peer and family relationships. Especially important were interpersonal factors, such as: students' perception of the individual characteristics of their colleagues, perception of themselves in the context of their own situation and their own problems at school, improper relations, lack of skills or inappropriate communication among students, competition for academic performance, relationship between student and teacher as well as between the student and his parents.
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