Meade, Tristan (2020) Juggling Responsibilities: Using Work-Study Congruence Scale for University Students To Predict Study Related Burnout and Study Engagement. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Engagement in paid employment while undertaking higher education is becoming a more common commitment that a higher proportion of students are having to make. Higher education students face a constant battle, juggling between the roles of worker and student. Having a deeper understanding of how individuals manage these roles involves knowing how they distribute resources for these competing roles. The Work-Study Congruence Scale for University Students was developed and initially validated on a sample of students at an Australian University. Although studying and working take up a large quantity of time, students may also have further roles such as familial responsibilities. The present study aims to extend the current literature, specifically focusing on the relationship between the four dimensions of work-study congruence and both study engagement and study related burnout for working students with dependants. Data was collected via an online questionnaire and in person interview as part of a larger ARC grant, with 110 participants identifying they have dependents. Results show that only university congruence significantly predicted both study related burnout and study engagement. Further, when controlling for age it was found that leisure congruence was a significant predictor of study related burnout. These findings reinforce those of the initial validation of the work-study congruence scale for university students and shows that this scale would be an accurate measure of study related burnout and study engagement in university students with dependants.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Tony Machin |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2025 06:22 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2025 06:22 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Work-Study Congruence; student; dependents; worker; responsibilities; |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52573 |
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