School burnout among Chinese high school students: the role of teacher-student relationships and personal resources

This study addresses the high level of academic demands and workload in Chinese high schools and aims to identify protective factors against students’ negative emotional responses. Using the well-established Job Demands-Resources Model as a guiding framework, we investigated the relationship between workload, perceived academic demands, teacher-student relationships, personal resources (self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism), and school...