Study-related Burnout of College Students in China During Online Education Period.

Chinese college students had to be educated online in the first several months of 2020 due to the COVID-19. We measured the study-related burnout of college students during that period and compared it with previous related researches. The study found that there was no significant change in the study-related burnout between online education and offline education. However, the new online teaching mode still caused some new problems in the different groups. The overall level of burnout of girls was almost equal to that of boys, and the score girls have in the dimension of emotionally depressing was higher. The burnout level of freshmen was the highest among the four grades which indicated that online education might hinder their understanding of professional knowledge. The burnout level of rural students was higher than that of urban students. In order to effectively reduce the study-related burnout level of college students receiving online education, game-based teaching provides a solution. At the same time, the equipment and network problems of students in rural areas can not be ignored.