In the study reported on here we examined the potential mediating role of perceived stress in the association between dispositional mindfulness and academic burnout among Muslim students. Seven hundred and seventy-five Yemeni university students were enlisted to complete the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). The results show that dispositional mindfulness was negatively correlated with perceived stress, emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced academic efficacy. Moreover, perceived stress was positively related to emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced academic efficacy. Structural equation modeling revealed that the mediation model fit the data well. That is, perceived stress partly mediated the dispositional mindfulness-burnout association. We found that dispositional mindfulness could predict academic burnout among Muslim students, and perceived stress may be one of the underlying factors of this association.

https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v43n3a2231

ORCiD iDs of authors:
Aamer Aldbyani - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-1754
Mohammed Alabyadh - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8964-6670
Bingqing Ma - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2987-5620
Yiqing Lv - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4923-2526
Jie Leng - https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9363-2784
Qingke Guo - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5827-6187