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Burnout among high school students is linked to their telomere length and relatedness with peers
- School burnout is a serious concern, as it impairs students’ health and academic success. According to the Conservation of Resources Theory, burnout results from the depletion of personal coping resources and can be counteracted by supportive social relationships. However, it is not yet clear how students’ relatedness with their peers is linked to their burnout. Next to students’ self-reported fatigue, biomarkers such as telomere length (TL), which presents an indicator of aging, complement stress research. To identify school-related factors that may prevent students from experiencing burnout and to link TL to students’ self-reported burnout, the current study investigated how relatedness with peers as well as TL at the beginning of the school year explained students’ burnout at the end of the school year. The sample included 78 students (Mage = 13.7 ± 0.7 years; 48% girls). Results of multilevel analysis in Mplus indicate that, over the school year, students with higher TL and those who experienced relatedness with their peers reported lower levels of burnout. Moreover, students who felt related to their peers exhibited a longer TL. The study implies that students’ relatedness with their peers may be a promising setscrew to prevent students’ burnout and support their physical health. This is one of the first studies to link TL with school-related variables such as burnout and relatedness to peers in a non-clinical student sample, providing a baseline for interventions and future interdisciplinary studies in the field of education and stress.
Author: | Frances Hoferichter, Armin Jentsch, Lou Maas, Geja Hagemann |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-105587 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2023.2240909 |
ISSN: | 1607-8888 |
Parent Title (German): | Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Place of publication: | London |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first Publication: | 2023/08/03 |
Release Date: | 2024/01/26 |
Tag: | Burnout; high school students; multilevel analyses; relatedness with peers; telomere length |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 1 |
Article Number: | 2240909 |
Page Number: | 10 |
Faculties: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft |
Collections: | Artikel aus DFG-gefördertem Publikationsfonds |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell |