Research Article: The Effect of Academic Adaptability on Learning Burnout Among College Students: The Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem and the Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy

Abstract:
Adaptation is a psychological process in which individuals actively develop and adjust themselves to cope with changes in the objective environment, and then harmonize and balance with the external environment. According to Feng et al, academic adaptability is a psychological and behavioral process in which subjects strive to adapt himself or herself to the needs of the environment and learning in order to achieve a balance with the learning environment. As early as , the “Public Image Survey of College Students” conducted by the Youth Development Research Institute of China Youth University for Politics Science found that .% of college students had an “average and perfunctory attitude” toward learning, while only .% had a “very good attitude” toward learning. According to the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China, the total number of students enrolled in higher education in China reached . million by and the gross enrollment rate of higher education increased from % in to .% in . Chinese higher education has entered the stage of universal development. With the expansion of higher education, some problems of college students’ learning have been highlighted. For example, the phenomenon of college students skipping classes is serious. In addition, according to the systematic assessment of normal university students and publicly funded normal university students, the proportion of students with poor academic adaptation during college is as high as .% and .%, respectively. The problem of academic adaptability among college students has attracted widespread attention. Studies have confirmed that academic adaptability has a significant negative predictive effect on learning burnout., Learning burnout is a burnout phenomenon in which students lose interest in their studies and their sense of academic achievement due to emotional exhaustion caused by excessive long-term academic stress. Students’ learning burnout is manifested by lack of interest in learning, inability to continuously participate in the course, and non-participation in classroom activities, etc. Some students even suspend or withdraw from school and quit campus early because they cannot adapt to the college study. Izadpanah explores the mediating role of academic enthusiasm in the relationship between academic self-regulation, goal orientation, and learning burnout among college English foreign language students. Students with high levels of academic adaptability have strong self-regulatory abilities. They adapt to university culture with full enthusiasm and build good teacher-student relationships, reducing the fatigue and burnout generated by their studies. For this reason, hypothesis H is proposed. H: There is a moderated mediating effect between academic adaptability and learning burnout. The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of academic adaptability on learning burnout and its mechanism among college students.

Introduction:
Adaptation is a psychological process in which individuals actively develop and adjust themselves to cope with changes in the objective environment, and then harmonize and balance with the external environment. According to Feng et al, academic adaptability is a psychological and behavioral process in which subjects strive to adapt himself or herself to the needs of the environment and learning in order to achieve a balance with the learning environment. As early as , the “Public Image Survey of College Students”…

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