The Effectiveness of Savickas Academic-Career Plan Training on Academic Success and Satisfaction among University Students with Academic Burnout

Abstract

Purpose: Academic success and satisfaction is one of the most important variables that can be considered as a serious indicator among students, and through them, the future foundations of students' education can be monitored and examined through them. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Savickas academic-career plan training on academic success and satisfaction among university students with academic burnout. Methodology: The current research method was semi-experimental study which conducted with a pre-test and post-test design along with a control group with a follow-up period. The statistical population included all the students of Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch who referred to the university counseling center in 2020. From them, 30 students were selected by convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned in the experimental group (15 people) and control group (15 people). The data were collected using Welles's Academic Success Questionnaire (2010) and Ahmadi's Academic Satisfaction Questionnaire (2010) in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages. Savickas academic-career plan training protocol was performed in 8 sessions (one session per week) for 75 minutes. To analyze the data, repeated measure analysis of variance Bonferroni's post hoc test with SPSS.26 software were used. Findings: The results indicated that Savickas academic-career plan training was effective in enhancement of academic success and satisfaction of university students with academic burnout (P=0.001), and this effectiveness was permanent until the follow-up period (P=0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the research, we can draw a conclusion that Savickas academic-career plan training is effective on increase of academic success and satisfaction of university students with academic burnout, therefore this training can be used for university students in university counseling centers.