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26 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 112 (2021)
Burnout Risks of Filipino College Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Basis for Institutional Mental Health Program

handle is hein.journals/techssj26 and id is 112 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 26, 112-122, December, 2021 ISSN: 2668-7798 SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL www.techniumscience.com Burnout Risks of Filipino College Students during the Covid- 19 Pandemic: A Basis for Institutional Mental Health Program Belinda A. Ramos1, Gemlee O. Baptista2, Lorna V. Fulong', Jose S. Sabaulan4 12 3Research & Development, University of La Salette, Inc., 4Educational Management Information System, University of La Salette, Inc. belindaalmueteramos@gmail.coml, gemleebaptista@yahoo.com2, fulongloma@gmail.com3, jssabaulan@uls.edu.ph4 Abstract. Student burnout is a concept born out of the occupational syndrome of working adults. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and shift of learning from face-to-face to online, people have experienced mental health issues in terms of burnout, especially among college students. With no mental health program in place in many higher education institutions, there is a need to find out students' burnout risks and status. This study used a modified survey questionnaire from the American Public Welfare Association to determine the burnout risks of the 245 student participants of a university in the northern Philippines. Results showed that the participants have moderate to high risks for burnout, especially the female students. These students already need interventional measures to combat their present mental health problems. It is thus recommended that future researchers be done on burnout that studies the different student constructs of burnout to formulate a more comprehensive mental health program specifically designed for students. Keywords. burnout, mental health, occupational syndrome, working adults Introduction COVID-19 has affected people's lives all over the world, bringing changes in all aspects of life. Education has been adversely altered as caused by lockdown and shift of modalities to non-face-to-face to limit the transmission of the disease. Stresses became overwhelming for most of the population, including students. Isolation and reduced interaction with peers and other people in the neighborhood/school contributed to mental health problems such as burnout. Burnout is considered a psychiatric disorder that results from the continuous exposure to stress commonly in the workplace that is characterized by a persistent feeling of fatigue and tiredness or lack of energy, increasing feelings of detachment from work/activities, or reduced enthusiasm and enjoyment of previously gratifying endeavors and inefficiency in terms of performance and competence (World Health Organization, 2019). Although most commonly seen among adults in their workplace, the signs and symptoms were observed among students as young as those in high school (Bilge et al., 2014; Portoghese et al., 2018). There is a growing concern about the occurrence of the disorder among younger people because of the consequences: reduction in academic performance, social inadequacy, and increase in drop-out rates (Maroco & Campos, 2012). 112

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