The Greek Burnout Assessment Tool: Examining Its Adaptation and Validity

George S. Androulakis, Dimitra Ap. Georgiou, Olga Lainidi, Anthony Montgomery () and Wilmar B. Schaufeli
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George S. Androulakis: Department of Business, Administration University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
Dimitra Ap. Georgiou: Department of Educational Sciences and Social Work, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
Olga Lainidi: School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, UK
Anthony Montgomery: Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle NE18ST, UK
Wilmar B. Schaufeli: Research Group Work Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOPP), 3000 Leuven, Belgium

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 10, 1-11

Abstract: Burnout is a significant challenge in the workplace. Its extent is global and its unfavourable consequences are diverse, affecting the individual, the organization, and society. The aim of the present study was to examine the adaptation and assess the validity of the Greek version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT). The adaptation process included the translation and back-translation of the BAT. Data were collected from 356 Greek employees from diverse sectors. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory were utilized to assess the validity of the Greek version of the BAT. According to the findings of the present research, the core symptoms scale and the secondary symptoms scale of BAT-23 and BAT-12 models demonstrated adequate structures for the analysis and measurement of burnout in the Greek context. Finally, the psychometric performance of the BAT-GR-12 compared to the BAT-GR-23 establishes it as a more optimum instrument for the assessment of burnout across Greek working adults.

Keywords: burnout; Greek adaptation; Rasch analysis; reliability; validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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