Exploring Demographic Differences in Academic Burnout: A Study of Higher Education Students in Indonesia

Mona Adria Wirda; Novida Yenny; Nurmala Berutu; Elfayetti Elfayetti

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Exploring Demographic Differences in Academic Burnout: A Study of Higher Education Students in Indonesia

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Mona Adria Wirda¹^{, 2}^{, *}, Novida Yenny¹^{, 2}, Nurmala Berutu¹^{, 2}, Elfayetti Elfayetti¹^{, 2}

¹Department of Geography Education, Faculty of Social Science, Universitas Negeri Medan, 20221, Medan, Indonesia

²Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City, 106335, Taiwan

^*Corresponding author. Email: monaadria@unimed.ac.id

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Mona Adria Wirda

Available Online 12 December 2025.

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Keywords: Academic Burnout; Higher Education; Demographic Characteristics; Indonesia
Abstract: This study examines the impact of demographic characteristics on academic burnout among higher education students in Indonesia. A total of 346 undergraduate students in Indonesia participated in a survey using the School Burnout Inventory (Salmela-Aro et al., 2009). The instrument was pilot-tested with 151 students and demonstrated high reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.84; subscales ranging from 0.62 to 0.84). Construct validity was supported through item-total correlations (r = 0.558–0.775, p < .01), indicating satisfactory convergent validity. Descriptive analysis revealed that most students reported moderate levels of burnout across the dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inadequacy. Inferential tests—including independent-samples t-tests and one-way ANOVAs—showed no statistically significant differences in burnout across gender, age groups, cohort years, or residential status. These non-significant findings highlight that demographic factors alone are insufficient to explain variation in student burnout. The results underscore the need to consider broader psychosocial variables, such as workload, coping strategies, and social support, when addressing academic burnout. The study contributes to ongoing debates on the universality versus contextuality of burnout predictors, suggesting that interventions should adopt a holistic approach rather than relying solely on demographic profiling.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies (ICSSIS 2025)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 12 December 2025
ISBN: 978-2-38476-499-0
ISSN: 2352-5398
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Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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