Learning Efficacy, Academic Goal Setting, and Burnout of Adolescent Learners in the Post-Pandemic Era

This study aims to examine the extent to which learning efficacy and goal setting will interact with academic burnout among learners in the post covid-19 pandemic era. The quantitative research design was adopted for this study. A total of 1, 407 adolescents in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria (male = 38.8%; female 61.2%) aged between 12 and 20 (mean = 15: SD = 4.24) responded to an online survey developed by the researchers, which was open for two months. Data were analysed using inferential statistics of linear logistics and regression analysis. The findings revealed that all the factors had a strong association with academic burnout, learning efficacy (OR = 1.02, 95% CI {1.01–1.04}) and goal setting (OR = 1.04, 95% CI {1.01–1.06}). Further, learning efficacy made the highest contribution to academic burnout (Beta = -.322, t= -12.629, p