Research on the Influencing Factors to College Students’ Learning Burnout in Online Learning: Social Support, Learning Pressure and Autonomous Learning Ability

Abstract

Being a negative emotional, physical and mental reaction to prolonged study that results in lassitude, depression and lack of motivation, learning burnout substantially alters the outcome of online learning. This study explored two environmental factors (social support, learning pressure) and one individual factor (autonomous learning ability) that may influence college students’ learning burnout (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced efficacy) which presented in the online learning environment. The result showed that social support has a negative influence only on college students’ reduced efficacy, while learning pressure and autonomous learning ability exert a significant positive and negative impact on all three types of learning burnout, respectively. These findings of this study can provide new ideas and suggestions on reducing learning burnout and improving students’ academic achievements.