Abstract

Introduction: Since academic burnout is one of the major problems of students in various fields of study, the present study aimed to predict academic burnout based on dysfunctional attitudes and experiential avoidance, considering the moderating role of family support in nursing students.
Method: The present study was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of the study included nursing students of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences who were studying in 1403 and 224 of them were selected by convenience sampling method. The research tools included the Academic Burnout Questionnaire Of Biros (2007), Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale of Weisman and Beck (1978), the Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire of Bond et al. (2011), and the Family Support Scale of Procidano and Heller (2002). Finally, the obtained data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 software and with the help of correlation coefficient tests and regression analysis.
Findings: The results of the findings showed that both dysfunctional attitudes and experiential avoidance have a 0.41 ability to predict academic burnout. Also, the results of hierarchical regression analysis to predict academic burnout based on the multiplicative variable of deviant scores of dysfunctional attitudes and experiential avoidance confirmed the moderating role of family support. These relationships were significant at the (P<0.001) level.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that both dysfunctional attitudes and experiential avoidance can predict changes in academic burnout, and family support can also play a moderating role.