Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Spanish Burnout Inventory Among Professionals Across 17 Countries and Regions

Pedro R. Gil-Monte, Begoña Espejo (), Irene Checa, Pedro Gil-LaOrden, Kezia Angeline J, Mary Sandra Carlotto, Daniela Converso, Ángel Deroncele-Acosta, Hugo Figueiredo-Ferraz, Laura Galarza, Viviola Gómez-Ortiz, Ester Grau-Alberola, Javier Labarthe, Marta Llorca-Pellicer, Christy Mekala V, Alejandra Misiolek-Marín, Eldis Román-Cao, Edwin Salas-Blas, Sandrine Schoenenberger, Sara Unda-Rojas and Sara Viotti
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Pedro R. Gil-Monte: Unidad de Investigación Psicosocial de la Conducta Organizacional (UNIPSICO)
Begoña Espejo: University of Valencia
Irene Checa: University of Valencia
Pedro Gil-LaOrden: Unidad de Investigación Psicosocial de la Conducta Organizacional (UNIPSICO)
Kezia Angeline J: St. John’s Research Institute
Mary Sandra Carlotto: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Daniela Converso: Università degli Studi di Torino
Ángel Deroncele-Acosta: Universidad César Vallejo
Hugo Figueiredo-Ferraz: Unidad de Investigación Psicosocial de la Conducta Organizacional (UNIPSICO)
Laura Galarza: Universidad de Puerto Rico
Viviola Gómez-Ortiz: Universidad de Los Andes
Ester Grau-Alberola: Unidad de Investigación Psicosocial de la Conducta Organizacional (UNIPSICO)
Javier Labarthe: Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Marta Llorca-Pellicer: Unidad de Investigación Psicosocial de la Conducta Organizacional (UNIPSICO)
Christy Mekala V: Bishops College of Nursing
Alejandra Misiolek-Marín: Clínica Art Psychology and Psychotherapy
Eldis Román-Cao: Universidad Técnica de Manabí
Edwin Salas-Blas: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Sandrine Schoenenberger: Université Catholique de Lille
Sara Unda-Rojas: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, FES Zaragoza
Sara Viotti: Università degli Studi di Torino

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, vol. 18, issue 2, No 13, 869-892

Abstract: Abstract Studies on the prevalence of burnout in professionals in service organizations who work in direct contact with the clients or users of the organization have concluded that burnout is a serious health disorder that has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant advantage of the Spanish Burnout Inventory (SBI) over other instruments is that it provides a broader conceptualization of burnout by including feelings of guilt as a dimension of burnout to explain its development. However, the measurement invariance of the SBI across countries has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance of the SBI among professionals across 17 countries and regions in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, and in different languages. All the countries showed a good fit to the four-factor model, except the Indian sample, which was excluded from the measurement invariance study. Using the alignment method, it was possible to verify the scalar measurement invariance of the four SBI factors across 15 countries and one Spanish region (16 samples). The comparison of estimated latent means indicates that France is the country with the lowest scores on the Enthusiasm factor and the highest scores on the negative factors (Exhaustion, Indolence, and Guilt). In contrast, the Andean countries, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, show the highest latent means on the Enthusiasm factor and the lowest means on the negative factors. These results support the validity of the SBI in the countries and regions in Europe and Latin America included in this study.

Keywords: Spanish Burnout Inventory; confirmatory factor analysis; construct validity; measurement invariance; alignment method; cross-cultural validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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