THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED STRESS AND BURNOUT AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF RESILIENCE
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED STRESS AND BURNOUT AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF RESILIENCE

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the link between perceived stress and burnout among university students and examines whether resilience mediates this relationship. Data were collected from 157 Hungarian minority students enrolled at a Romanian university using convenience and snowball sampling, which may introduce selection bias due to non-random participant recruitment. Participants completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS), and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), all in Hungarian. All participants provided informed consent. Results showed a positive association between perceived stress and burnout, and a negative association between resilience and both perceived stress and burnout. Mediation analysis indicated that resilience partially mediates the relationship between perceived stress and burnout. These findings highlight resilience as a protective factor that mitigates the adverse impact of stress on student burnout. Moreover, results underscore the importance of targeted interventions for minority student populations in Eastern Europe.

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