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10. Burnout and Quiet Quitting
No full textThis research examines the effects of quiet quitting and burnout on students\u27 ability to accomplish their academic goals. Students frequently deal with many pressures that might lead to withdrawal or exhaustion, as educational demands increase over time, which are increasingly being articulated as the ideas of quiet quitting (finite participation without absolute withdrawal) and burnout (Palad, 2023). Research has shown student distress is considered a public health issue because of the high levels of depression, anxiety and risky behaviors due to the daily workloads and hassles which lead to academic burnout (Shankland et al., 2018). The present study aims to better understand students’ opinions of these elements and their impact on academic motivation and overall attitudes about their educational experience.
Methods General Psychology students (n=81) completed the survey. Due to integrity checks, a sample of 76 was used in analyses. From this, 2.6% identified as American Indian, 2.6% Asian, 13.2% African American, 54% White, and 16.8% reported multiple ethnicities. Also, 31.6% reported being male, 67.1% female, and 1.3% transgender. Furthermore, 36.8% were first-generation college students. Moreover, 50% marked freshman status, 31.6% sophomore, 11.8% junior, and 6.6% concurrent. Over 90%were enrolled full time in school and 75.5% reported employment less than 20 hours a week.
Materials Scales: Using Qualtrics, multiple scales were used, including: An adapted version of the Quiet Quitting Scale using a scale from 1-5 (Galanis, et al., 2023).An adapted version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory using a scale from 1-7 (Maslach & Jackson, 1981).
Results: There is evidence to suggest there is not a significant relationship between hours worked at a job (collected in 10 hour blocks) and Burnout (r = .12, p = .38) and Quiet Quitting (r = -.06, p=.65). Further, the number of enrolled credits does not significantly correlate with these variables either. As expected, evidence does show significant relationships between burnout and quiet quitting, including their subscales. When exploring potential differences related to employment status, hours worked, gender, ethnicity, and first generation, no significant group differences were found related to burnout scales or quiet quitting measures. The exception to this was a significant difference found with the Quiet Quit Detachment subscale mean scores between those who indicated they were White (M=2.54, SD=0.61) and those who indicated they were not (M=2.85, SD=.69; F(1, 62) = [4.521], p=.037).
Conclusion Our findings suggest that the number of hours worked is not significant with overall student burnout and reported quiet-quit behaviors. This challenges the assumption of higher hours worked directly contributing to these issues. While the analyses indicate there is not a significant connection, some limitations should be considered. The sample is mainly freshman and sophomore status, which may not fully represent a full range of experiences. Another potential limitation would be job types, such that we assessed for current employment, whether the job was on or off campus, and hours worked, but we did not inquire regarding stress level or demands of the job. If students are working low-stress on-campus jobs, they may have different experiences, then students who work high-stress high-demand jobs. Also, distinctions might be present for various academic majors. It further appears that our sample, at large, is not reporting the experience of burnout or quiet quitting and even reporting some level of personal achievement.https://dc.swosu.edu/rf_2025/1011/thumbnail.jp
61. Preparation of a Novel Ni(II) Chelating Fluorinated Ligand for the Synthesis of Sterically Constrained a-Amino Acids
No full textThe strategic incorporation of electron withdrawing groups into the skeleton of the ligand system of the Ni(II) complexes of amino acid Schiff’s Bases have been utilized to increase the acidity of the a-protons of a-amino acids. However, this discovery has yet to be incorporated into the area of the preparation of sterically crowded a-amino acids. Therefore, a new ligand system, which incorporates the electron withdrawing chlorine group has been prepared. It is expected that these new ligands will be more reactive than previous generations of this process and will expand the scope and decrease the time necessary to realize the preparation of pure a-amino acids.https://dc.swosu.edu/rf_2025/1054/thumbnail.jp
29. Euthanasia & Physician Assisted Suicide-Exploring the Final Choice
No full textPhysician-assisted suicide (PAS) or euthanasia isn’t that is often heard or talked about. Even if people think about it, they usually don’t picture terminally ill patients making an agonizing choice between prolonged suffering and peaceful death. Instead, they see it as taking the “easy way out.” What is it that drives people to want to choose PAS? Is it the unbearable pain, the loss of autonomy, or something more? Liliana Nunez Patlan will discuss what drives people to choose PAS, how it works, and what qualifies a person if he/she is considering PAS.https://dc.swosu.edu/rf_2025/1019/thumbnail.jp
Kindred Shadows: The Family Resemblance Between Charles Williams’s Metaphysical Thrillers and Clive Barker’s Horror Visions
Full text linkLast year, during 2024, I underwent an extended phase of reading practically everything published by the horror writer Clive Barker. While reading the books, I kept noticing scenes and characteristics of his novels that made me think of Charles Williams’ supernatural thrillers
June 2025
Full text linkJune 2025 Newsletter brought to you by the Bulldog Wellness Committee
You can do it! It\u27s easy to eat more fruit and vegetables with this Fruit and Vegetable Guide. It offers practical tips that don’t require big changes to the way you or your family eats. The American Heart Association has a handy guide for ideas and recipes.https://dc.swosu.edu/wellness/1076/thumbnail.jp
Sub-Creating Arda: World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien\u27s Work, its Precursors and its Legacies, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Thomas Honegger. Reviewed by Phillip Fitzsimmons.
Full text linkSub-creating Arda: World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Work, its Precursors and its Legacies is a substantial anthology of works by contemporary Tolkien scholars about sub-creation, as described by J.R.R. Tolkien, and fantasy world-building in general. This collection of papers is often demanding, but well worth pursuing and can be read for pleasure or studied fruitfully by scholars at all levels. Dimitra Fimi and Thomas Honegger, the editors, summarize the scope of the book in their introduction..
