On the basis of resource conservation theory and self control resource model theory, the influence of parental rearing patterns on academic burnout of junior high school students is investigated to explore the mediating role of psychological capital and self-control, providing theoretical and practical basis for reducing academic burnout of junior high school students. Questionnaire method is adopted to test 197 students in certain junior high school of Beijing City. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, hierarchical regression analysis, AMOS data analysis, bootstrap and so on. The results show that: Parental refusal has positive correlation with academic burnout and negative correlation with psychological capital and self-control; parental emotional warmth has negative correlation with academic burnout and positive correlation with psychological capital and self-control; different dimensions of parental rearing patterns can influence students' academic burnout through the mediating role of psychological capital and self-control. © 2017 IEEE.