The Convergent Validity of Four Burnout Measures in a Chinese Sample: A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Approach

Hu Qiao; Wilmar B. Schaufeli

doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00428.x

The Convergent Validity of Four Burnout Measures in a Chinese Sample: A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Approach

Hu Qiao^*, Wilmar B. Schaufeli

^*Corresponding author for this work

Work and Organizational Psychology: Occupational Health Psychology

Yongkang Nursing School of Zhejiang Province

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the convergent validity of the four most widely used burnout measures in a sample of Chinese nurses (N = 717). First, Structural Equation Modeling was used to investigate the factor structure of scores produced by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), the Burnout Measure (BM), the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM), and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI). Next, several competing models were tested to investigate the convergent validity of these four burnout instruments. The final results suggest that burnout is best conceived of as a multidimensional construct consisting of exhaustion and withdrawal, which are two related but conceptually distinct aspects. In addition, positively phrased items should be dropped from burnout measures for they constitute a separate factor that is considered to be an artifact.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-111
Number of pages	25
Journal	Applied Psychology
Volume	60
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00428.x
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011

Keywords

University-students
Construct-validity
Maslach burnout
Fit indexes
Efficacy
Dimensionality
Engagement
Inventory

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