Table 4.

Stepwise regression analysis on the academic burnout subscales of exhaustion, cynicism and inefficacy.

		95% CI for unstandardized coefficient		Standardized coefficient	t
		Lower bound	Upper bound	β
Exhaustion	HA	0.134	0.234	0.269	3.699**
		F(1, 176) = 13.679, p < 0.001, adj R2 = 0.067
Cynicism	CO	−0.176	−0.074	−0.182	−2.470*
	NS	0.047	0.137	0.150	2.035*
		F(1, 175) = 4.983, p < 0.01, adj R2 = 0.043
Inefficacy	SD	−0.202	−0.120	−0.284	−3.924**
		F(1, 176) = 15.396, p < 0.001, adj R2 = 0.075
Total burnout	SD	−0.566	−0.344	−0.296	−4.104**
		F(1, 176) = 16.846, p < 0.001, adj R2 = 0.082

Age and sex were added to the model as a first step (Model 1), and seven personality dimensions of character and temperament were introduced as second step (Model 2). Since the age and sex introduced in earlier model were not significant, the final model can be considered as the full model.

CI, confidence interval; CO, cooperativeness; HA, harm avoidance; NS, novelty-seeking; SD, self-directedness.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.001.