General Self-Efficacy beliefs, Life Satisfaction and Burnout of University Students

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relations between general self-efficacy beliefs, life satisfaction and burnout of university students. Research group consists of 354 (131 female, 223 male) university students. To determine the Life Satisfactions of students’ “Life Satisfaction” scale which is developed by Diener et al. (1985) is applied. Additionally, “General Self-Efficacy Scale” developed by Jerusalem & Schwarzer (1992) is applied to students to determine the general self-efficacy beliefs. The burnout levels of students are determined by the “Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey” which is developed by Schaufeli et al. (2002). To calculate the relations between the variables, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient were used. As a result of analysis, between the general self-efficacy beliefs, life satisfaction and burnout of university students were statistically found significant relations at 0.01 and 0.05 levels. The findings were discussed according to the literature