IN-PERSON MADRID FOCUS ON PEDAGOGY. SECTION B
Abstract
Passion for studying is considered a significant factor that contributes to university students’ mental health. Using a variable-centered approach, we aimed to examine associations between passion for studying and other variables related to studying, including academic resilience and burnout as well as several mental health indicators. Based on a person-centered approach, we examined whether there were differences in mental health outcomes between students with a harmonious passion for studying and those without a passion for studying. A total of 296 Polish students filled out an online survey, with a comprehensive battery of psychometric tools measuring passion for studying, academic resilience and burnout, anxiety and depression symptoms as well as well-being. Harmonious passion for studying was positively associated with academic resilience and well-being, whereas it was negatively associated with two dimensions of academic burnout (i.e., disengagement and exhaustion), anxiety and depression symptoms. In contrast, obsessive passion for studying was not associated with academic resilience, but it was negatively associated with well-being and disengagement, and positively related to exhaustion, anxiety and depression symptoms. Compared to students without a passion for studying, students with a harmonious passion for studying were characterised by a more favorable mental health profile, with higher levels of academic resilience and well-being, and lower levels of academic burnout and mental health symptoms. Being passionate about studying has potentially beneficial effects on students’ mental health, whereas a lack of passion for studying seems to be related to worse outcomes.
Dr. Agnieszka Gabryś – Assistant Professor at the Department of Education and Psychology at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. Her research interests focus primarily on the psychosocial functioning of women with physical disabilities (both acquired and congenital), as well as on the positive aspects of human functioning, including the academic functioning of students. She is the author of a monograph and several dozen articles devoted to these research areas. She is the Secretary of the Lublin Pedagogical Journal.
Paweł Larionow, Ph.D., a biologist and a psychologist, is a researcher at the University College of Professional Education in Wrocław (Poland). They are a researcher in the field of psychological assessment, psychometrics, and health psychology.
Karolina Mudło-Głagolska, Ph.D.: Her research interests focus on work and organizational psychology as well as health psychology, particularly on passion for work and studying, emotion regulation, and psychological well-being. Her research examines the relationships between passion, stress, burnout, and mental health, as well as the mechanisms of emotion regulation in professional and educational contexts.
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Thursday 25th June, 2026