Abstract

Burnout in college students can often occur, and it has been shown that personality can affect student burnout. The purpose of this study was to figure out if introverted and extroverted students attending school full or part-time experience burnout at higher or lower levels. Student burnout will be measured using selected questions from the Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey for Students (MBI-GS (S)). Personality was measured using selected items from the Big Five Inventory (BFI). Hypotheses numbers one and two are 1) extroverted full-time students will experience lower burnout and 2) introverted full-time students will experience higher levels of burnout. Hypotheses number three and four are 3) extroverted and part-time students will experience lower levels of burnout and 4) introverted and part-time students will experience higher levels of burnout. Participants were college students over the age of 18 enrolled at a local university who either attended courses full or part-time (20 full time, and 11 part-time). The study consisted of 31 participants (24 females, 6 males, and 1 other). Of the 31 participants, 42% felt burned out from school alone. Additionally, 77.4% of the participants felt burned out from multiple areas in their lives, such as school, work, and family. The results denied the hypotheses because it was found that students experience burnout at similar rates no matter if they attended school full or part-time or were introverts or extroverts.