The Impact of Utilitarian Learning Motivation on College Students’ Academic Burnout

The relationship between college students’ utilitarian learning motivation and academic burnout has become a prominent educational phenomenon and has received widespread attention, but the specific pathways of their influence still lack sufficient research support, requiring targeted theoretical and practical solutions. This article focuses on the influence mechanism of utilitarian learning motivation on academic burnout among college students, systematically analyzes the factors that contribute to the formation of utilitarian learning motivation, and examines its multi-level impacts on the student population, higher education, and social development, clarifying the differentiated effects of its various dimensions on academic burnout. Based on the research findings, this paper offers recommendations from the perspectives of society, family, universities, and individuals: society needs to optimize the employment and education environment and guide diverse value orientations. Families should reshape their approach to scientific parenting. Universities need to improve the talent training and psychological counseling systems, while helping students change their learning motivations to alleviate academic burnout and guide them to develop a healthy approach to learning.