Testing and comparing the causal relationship between spirituality and social skills with adjustment and burnout mediated by psychological capital in male and female students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spirituality and social skills with adjustment and academic burnout mediated by psychological capital in undergraduate male and female students. The study population was undergraduate male and female students. For this purpose, 254 female students and 253 male students were selected by multistage random sampling. Data was gathered by spirituality, social skills, academic adjustment, academic burnout, and psychological capital scales. The results showed in both groups of girls and boys, spirituality and social skills predict psychological capital. Psychological capital also predicts academic burnout and academic adjustment. In the case of the differences between the two groups, there was a significant difference between the groups just in the relationship between spirituality and psychological capital. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE.