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This study aims at shedding the light on the term of Psychological burnout through reviewing theoretical frameworks and previous studies dealt with it. It also aims at assessing its degree in the students of the preparatory stage and investigating statistical differences in the variables of sex (male / female) and specialty (scientific / Literary). The study sample adopted the scale of Harjaan (2011) for psychological burnout that is made of 40 items and designed for the students of preparatory stage. The researcher statistically analyzed the items using terminal comparison and the item-total relation to assess the constructive validity .Stability was calculated by test-retest method. The stability coefficient reached 87%. The researcher also used the statistical suite (SPSS) for the analysis, namely. Peterson Coefficient, T-test for single and two indecent items. The results have shown that there is a psychological burnout in the students and those males suffer more than females. It also discovered, in accordance with the previous studies, that the students of the scientific branch suffer from psychological burnout more than those of the literary branch. At the end of the study, the researcher reached at certain conclusions and recommendations. (Published Abstract)