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Publication Date: 2020
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Prevention of Children's Burnout at School through the Tutoring and Guidance Process. A Structural Equation Model Analysis
Expósito-López, Jorge; Chacón-Cuberos, Ramón; Romero-Díaz de la Guardia, José Javier; Parejo-Jiménez, Noelia; Rodríguez-Fernández, Sonia; Estrada-Vidal, Ligia Isabel
Education Sciences, v10 Article 356 2020
The school burnout of children, defined as physical and mental exhaustion due to a lack of adjustment to the educational context, constitutes a serious problem in contemporary education. Thus, the determination of the elements that influence it and the possible strategies for avoiding it are key in the process of improving children's well-being. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 569 children aged 8 to 13 at eight primary education schools in Granada (Spain). With the aim of examining the association between the possible exhaustion of children and planned tutoring and guidance activities, a structural equation model (SEM) as the analytical technique was used. The results show good fit indices for the model (comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.955; normalised fit index (NFI) = 0.956; incremental fit index (IFI) = 0.946; root mean squared error approximation (RMSEA) = 0.089), which reflects the need for tutoring and guidance activities that are infused throughout the entire teaching process in order to preserve children's well-being.
Descriptors: Burnout, Preadolescents, Elementary School Students, Tutoring, Guidance, Well Being, Mental Health, Fatigue (Biology), Holistic Approach, Program Effectiveness, Student Adjustment, Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Prevention
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Education Level: Elementary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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