The Effect of Mobbing Behaviors on Students’ Burnout: An Empirical Study onUndergraduate Students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences

Numerous variables influence student burnout, one of which is mobbing. in this study, the effect of mobbing behaviors on undergraduate students’ burnout was investigated. the data were obtained from students of a faculty of sports sciences (n=223). to measure mobbing, we used a modified version of the negative acts questionnaire–revised (naq–r: einarsen et al., 2009) adapted to the higher education context. the new version of this scale was developed in this study, and it was labeled as the negative acts questionnaire–student (naq–s). for the validity of the scale, both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were applied. in addition, cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated for the reliability of the scale. the validity and reliability analyzes showed high values. as a result, naq–s contained 12 items (see the appendix) and a two–factor structure: academic mobbing (1–4 items) and non–academic mobbing (5–12 items). on the other hand, to measure students’ burnout, maslach burnout inventory–student survey (mbi–ss: schaufeli et al., 2002) was used. then, hierarchical regression analysis was used to investigate the relationships between variables. the results showed that mobbing behaviors had a significant and positive effect on students’ burnout (β=.350; p<0.01).