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. 2026 Jun 17;17:1799611. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1799611

Table 4.

Screening out factors associated with academic burnout in study participants via univariate and multivariable binary logistic regression.

Variables Univariate # Multivariable #*
β S.E Z P OR (95%CI) β S.E Z P Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age −0.12 0.07 −1.66 0.097 0.89 (0.77 ~ 1.02)
Gender
Female Reference
Male −0.27 0.23 −1.17 0.243 0.76 (0.49 ~ 1.20)
The only child
Yes Reference
No −0.35 0.23 −1.52 0.130 0.71 (0.45 ~ 1.11)
Ethnicity
Han Reference Reference
Other 0.92 0.33 2.76 0.006 2.51 (1.30 ~ 4.82) 0.73 0.38 1.92 0.055 2.07 (0.99 ~ 4.34)
Religious affiliation
No Reference Reference
Yes 1.60 0.46 3.47 0.001 4.95 (2.01 ~ 12.20) 1.71 0.54 3.19 0.001 5.56 (1.93 ~ 15.87)
Pre-university residence
Urban Reference Reference
Rural −0.46 0.20 −2.27 0.023 0.63 (0.43 ~ 0.94) −0.51 0.23 −2.22 0.027 0.60 (0.39 ~ 0.94)
Smoking status
Smokers Reference
Non-smokers −1.35 0.82 −1.64 0.101 0.26 (0.05 ~ 1.30)
Alcohol consumption
Drinkers Reference
Non-drinkers −0.53 0.61 −0.88 0.380 0.59 (0.18 ~ 1.93)
Regularity of diet
Yes Reference
No 0.79 0.20 3.96 <0.001 2.21 (1.49 ~ 3.28)
Regularity of daily routine
Yes Reference Reference
No 0.82 0.19 4.24 <0.001 2.28 (1.56 ~ 3.33) 0.71 0.22 3.25 0.001 2.03 (1.32 ~ 3.12)
History of mental disorder
Yes Reference
No −1.28 0.47 −2.71 0.007 0.28 (0.11 ~ 0.70)
Grade
Lower Reference Reference
Upper −0.42 0.19 −2.18 0.029 0.66 (0.45 ~ 0.96) −0.40 0.22 −1.84 0.066 0.67 (0.44 ~ 1.03)
Major
Nursing Reference
Other 0.30 0.19 1.57 0.117 1.35 (0.93 ~ 1.97)
Previous semester class ranking
Top 5% Reference Reference
Top 6–20% 0.09 0.46 0.20 0.844 1.10 (0.44 ~ 2.71) - - - - -
Top 21–50% 0.68 0.44 1.56 0.120 1.98 (0.84 ~ 4.66) 0.55 0.29 1.88 0.060 1.73 (0.98 ~ 3.08)
Top 51–80% 1.05 0.44 2.41 0.016 2.87 (1.22 ~ 6.77) 0.80 0.30 2.72 0.007 2.23 (1.25 ~ 3.99)
Bottom 20% 1.68 0.49 3.47 0.001 5.38 (2.08 ~ 13.91) 1.35 0.38 3.60 <0.001 3.87 (1.85 ~ 8.08)
Leadership experience in student organizations
Yes Reference
No 0.20 0.24 0.84 0.400 1.23 (0.76 ~ 1.97)
Family monthly income (CNY)
4,000 and below Reference
4,001–8,000 0.03 0.27 0.13 0.900 1.03 (0.62 ~ 1.74)
8,001 and above 0.20 0.25 0.78 0.437 1.22 (0.74 ~ 2.01)
Father’s highest educational attainment
Primary school or below Reference
Junior high school −0.26 0.31 −0.86 0.389 0.77 (0.42 ~ 1.40)
High school −0.35 0.31 −1.12 0.261 0.70 (0.38 ~ 1.30)
Undergraduate and above −0.09 0.31 −0.30 0.767 0.91 (0.50 ~ 1.67)
Mother’s highest educational attainment
Primary school or below Reference
Junior high school −0.06 0.27 −0.24 0.814 0.94 (0.56 ~ 1.59)
High school 0.02 0.30 0.05 0.960 1.02 (0.57 ~ 1.81)
Undergraduate and above 0.15 0.29 0.53 0.597 1.16 (0.66 ~ 2.04)
Teacher support −0.27 0.03 −8.06 <0.001 0.77 (0.72 ~ 0.82) −0.25 0.03 −7.19 <0.001 0.78 (0.73 ~ 0.84)
Student—student support −0.08 0.02 −4.50 <0.001 0.92 (0.89 ~ 0.96)
Opportunities for autonomy −0.14 0.03 −4.42 <0.001 0.87 (0.82 ~ 0.92)
Perceived school climate scale −0.08 0.01 −7.02 <0.001 0.93(0.91 ~ 0.95)

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. #The dependent variable was the presence of academic burnout (yes/no). *Nagelkerke R-squared = 0.285; Likelihood ratio test: χ2 = 134.379, df = 9, p < 0.001; Hosmer-Lemeshow test: χ2 = 7.248, df = 8, p = 0.510.