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Factor analysis of the Spanish Burnout Inventory among public administration employees
Hugo Figueiredo-ferrazPedro R. Gil-monteMary Sandra Carlottosubject
Cultural contextSample (statistics)Occupational stressFactorial validityPublic administrationBurnoutFactor structurePsychologyGeneral PsychologyConfirmatory factor analysisOccupational safety and healthClinical psychologydescription
Burnout has been recognized as an important stress-related problem. Researchers have been troubled by some of the psychometric limitations of the questionnaires developed to evaluate burnout. This study was designed to assess the factor structure of the Spanish Burnout Inventory in a sample of 548 Brazilian public administration employees. This instrument comprises 20 items distributed in four dimensions: enthusiasm toward the job (5 items), psychological exhaustion (4 items), indolence (6 items), and guilt (5 items). The factor structure was examined through confirmatory factor analysis. To assess the factorial validity of the Spanish Burnout Inventory, four alternative models were tested. The four-factor model obtained an adequate data fit for the sample, χ2(164) = 514.358, p < .001, RMSEA = .062, GFI = .910, NFI = .915, CFI = .940, and AIC = 606.358. The results showed that the four-model factor of the Spanish Burnout Inventory possesses adequate psychometric properties in the Brazilian cultural context. Implications for future research and practice are also discussed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-20 | Japanese Psychological Research |