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Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability
This paper introduces a new definition for burnout and investigates the psychometric properties of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT). In a prior qualitative study, 49 practitioners were interviewed about their conceptualization of burnout (part 1). Using a dialectical approach, four core dimensions—...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7766078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33352940 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249495 |
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author | Schaufeli, Wilmar B. Desart, Steffie De Witte, Hans |
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description | This paper introduces a new definition for burnout and investigates the psychometric properties of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT). In a prior qualitative study, 49 practitioners were interviewed about their conceptualization of burnout (part 1). Using a dialectical approach, four core dimensions—exhaustion, mental distance, and impaired emotional and cognitive impairment—and three secondary dimensions—depressed mood, psychological distress, and psychosomatic complaints—emerged, which constitute the basis of the BAT. In the second study, the psychometric characteristics of the BAT were investigated in a representative sample of 1500 Flemish employees, focusing on factorial validity, reliability, and construct validity, respectively. Results demonstrate the assumed four-factor structure for the core dimensions, which is best represented by one general burnout factor. Contrary to expectations, instead of a three-factor structure, a two-factor structure was found for the secondary dimensions. Furthermore, the BAT and its subscales show adequate reliability. Convergent validity and discriminant validity with other burnout measures—including the MBI and OLBI—was demonstrated, as well as discriminant validity with other well-being constructs, such as work engagement and workaholism. |
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spelling | pubmed-77660782020-12-28 Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability Schaufeli, Wilmar B. Desart, Steffie De Witte, Hans Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This paper introduces a new definition for burnout and investigates the psychometric properties of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT). In a prior qualitative study, 49 practitioners were interviewed about their conceptualization of burnout (part 1). Using a dialectical approach, four core dimensions—exhaustion, mental distance, and impaired emotional and cognitive impairment—and three secondary dimensions—depressed mood, psychological distress, and psychosomatic complaints—emerged, which constitute the basis of the BAT. In the second study, the psychometric characteristics of the BAT were investigated in a representative sample of 1500 Flemish employees, focusing on factorial validity, reliability, and construct validity, respectively. Results demonstrate the assumed four-factor structure for the core dimensions, which is best represented by one general burnout factor. Contrary to expectations, instead of a three-factor structure, a two-factor structure was found for the secondary dimensions. Furthermore, the BAT and its subscales show adequate reliability. Convergent validity and discriminant validity with other burnout measures—including the MBI and OLBI—was demonstrated, as well as discriminant validity with other well-being constructs, such as work engagement and workaholism. MDPI 2020-12-18 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7766078/ /pubmed/33352940 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249495 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Schaufeli, Wilmar B. Desart, Steffie De Witte, Hans Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability |
title | Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability |
title_full | Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability |
title_fullStr | Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability |
title_full_unstemmed | Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability |
title_short | Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability |
title_sort | burnout assessment tool (bat)—development, validity, and reliability |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7766078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33352940 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249495 |
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