• Chiedu Eseadi, Zadrian Ardi, Vera Victor-Aigbodion, Roland Ndille, Hero Usiomoefo Obasuyi, and Shulamite Ebere Ogbuabor.
• Department of Educational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Apr 14; 102 (15): e33425e33425.

BackgroundOne of the major issues facing Nigerian university lecturers is job burnout. In the current study, Nigerian university history lecturers were examined in respect of job burnout prior to and after an online psychological intervention that followed the rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) principles and practice.MethodsIn this study, a group randomized controlled trial approach was used, and only 80 university history lecturers with high burnout levels were included. We had 40 history lecturers participating in an online intervention group and 40 history lecturers participating in the control group. A questionnaire - Oldenburg Burnout Inventory - was used to collect data about job burnout.ResultsAfter the history lecturers underwent the online psychological intervention (online REBT), significant reductions in mean job burnout were recorded (F(1, 78) = 5756.11; P < .001). Findings show a statistically significant effects of time on burnout scores of history lecturers [F(2156) = 1323.69, P < .001, ω2 = 0.92]. There was also a significant group and time interaction effect on the participants' burnout scores [F(2156) = 1323.69, P < .001, ω2 = 0.91].ConclusionUniversity history lecturers can benefit from online psychological intervention that targets job burnout reduction. The current study paves way for future studies to validate the efficacy of online REBT intervention among other employees who struggle with burnout problem.Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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