Abstract
Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) is a tool assessing fatigue and exhaustion as the core features of burnout. Despite its wide use and evidence of good psychometric properties, little is known about its structural validity. Therefore, this study aimed to examine internal psychometric properties and the latent composition of the Serbian version of CBI. A sample of 382 child welfare workers engaged in the work with the domestic population and professionals working with refugees and migrants completed a 19-item version of CBIser. Results showed that full-scale CBI despite having good psychometric properties lacks structural validity. A short-form of the instrument was empirically derived and several concurrent confirmatory models found in previous studies were tested. A three-factor model of personal, work-, and client-related burnout showed to be the best fitting one, and the 13-item form of CBI proved to be a structurally valid and psychometrically sound measure of burnout.
Highlights
World Health Organization included burnout in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon not classified as a medical condition (WHO, 2019)
Descriptive statistics for individual items are presented in Appendix B, while Table 1 presents the descriptive statistics of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) total score and its domains
Despite its wide use and extensive evidence on good internal psychometric properties, little is known about its latent composition and structural validity since studies exploring the latent structure of CBI resulted in inconclusive findings
Summary
World Health Organization included burnout in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon not classified as a medical condition (WHO, 2019). According to ICD-11, it is characterized by three dimensions: (1) feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; (2) increased mental distance from one’s job or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job; and (3) reduced professional efficacy (WHO, 2019) This conceptualization of the syndrome is highly similar to the initial Maslach’s definition by which burnout is understood as a psychological syndrome that can be described along three separate dimensions—exhaustion which represents a core dimension of burnout (loss of energy, wearing out, depletion, debilitation, and fatigue), feelings of cynicism and detachment from the job (depersonalization, detached concern, loss of idealism, negative attitudes, withdrawal, irritability), a sense of professional inefficacy, and a lack of accomplishment (reduced efficiency or capability, inability to cope with stressors, low morale) (Leiter & Maslach, 2016; Maslach & Jackson, 1986). One of those widely used measures is the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) (Kristensen et al, 2005)
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