Revisiting a global burnout score with the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) across nine country samples

Authors

DE BEER Leon T. SCHAUFELI Wilmar B. DE WITTE Hans HAKANEN Jari J. KALTIAINEN Janne GLASER Jürgen SEUBERT Christian SHIMAZU Akihito BOSAK Janine PROCHÁZKA Jakub KAJZAR Aleš CHRISTENSEN Marit

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source European Journal of Psychological Assessment
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000839
Keywords burnout; measurement invariance; equivalence; bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling; occupational depression
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Description Studies published on the validity of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT), a novel burnout instrument, have gained traction in the literature over recent years. The BAT has been successfully shown to be equivalent across representative samples when modeled as a second order/higher-order model. However, this specification is not free of criticism and the bifactor approach has been presented as the alternative model specification. Therefore, a study investigating the construct-relevant multidimensionality of the BAT across many representative samples is warranted to reassess a global burnout factor (n = 9,041). We implemented bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling to ascertain the relevance of a global burnout factor and specific component factors (bifactor-ESEM). According to the standardized loadings and McDonald’s ? coefficients, the results showed that the bifactor-ESEM model had a strong global burnout factor with relevant specific factors beyond the global factor. The model also showed measurement invariance across countries and genders. We also present a figure that compares the global burnout mean scores of the countries. All in all, the results of this study reaffirmed that BAT-assessed burnout can be modeled with an equivalent global burnout score across conditions.

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