Prediction of Academic Engagement and Academic Burnout based on Perfectionism and Academic Support in Secondary School Students

The aim of this study was the Prediction of academic Engagement and academic burnout based on perfectionism and academic support in secondary school students. The present study is a correlational descriptive study The study community included all Secondary high school students of Gachsaran city in 2020-2021, from which 240 students were selected using cluster sampling. Research questionnaires included: the Hill Perfectionism Questionnaire (PI, 2004), Sands & Plunkett academic Support scale (ASS, 2005), the Fredricks School Engagement Scale (SES, 2004), and the Bresó school burnout inventory (SBI, 1997). The data of this study were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis in SPSS22 software. The results showed that perfectionism has a negative and significant relationship with academic Engagement (p <0.05) and a positive and significant relationship with academic burnout (p <0.01). Also, there is a positive and significant correlation between academic support and academic Engagement (p <0.05). However, no significant relationship was observed between academic support and academic burnout. The regression results showed that the predictor variables could predict 6.1% of the changes in academic burnout and 3.5% of the changes in the academic Engagement variable. According to the results of the present study, it can be said that if the score of perfectionism in students becomes high, we will most likely see a decrease in academic engagement, and the occurrence of academic burnout by this relationship can change under the influence of students' perceived academic support.