Abstract:

In the past students were considered lazy when they did not do what they were supposed to do when coursing a degree in a university. Today it is known that Burnout Syndrome exists and that the World Health Organization recognised officially this Syndrome as an illness in the International Statistical Classification of Illnesses and Healthy Problems since 2019. This work aims to find the most important factors that provoke burnout in students of Chemical Engineering in the UJAT (Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco) in Tabasco, Mexico. The study was limited to a sample group of 50 pupils due to the worldwide problem of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), boys and girls aged between 18 and 24 years old were subject to the investigation in one semester of study from February to June 2020 with students from 3rd to 10th semesters. The methodology carried out was a non-experimental transversal type with a mixed approach as well as field and documentary research based on the cohorts. It was developed with a predominantly quantitative orientation. The data collection technique was the application of a survey developed using Linkert's technique with five levels of response ranging from totally disagree, disagree, neither disagree nor agree, agree and totally agree. The results are variable and depend a great deal on the personal characteristics of the students. Also the socio-economic-cultural level of the students. The results show that the most important factors that affect the optimum behaviour of the students are their own lives, difficulties of topics, professors’ work, time and self-discouragement.

Keywords:

Burnout, Institutions of Higher Education, Chemical Engineering.