Burnout Assessment Tool for Students: Validity Evidence in Chile
Author Information
Author(s): Carmona-Halty Marcos, Alarcón-Castillo Karina, Semir-González Carla, Sepúlveda-Páez Geraldy, Schaufeli Wilmar B.
Primary Institution: Escuela de Psicología y Filosofía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile
Hypothesis
The abbreviated version of BAT-S will demonstrate acceptable psychometric properties in a sample of Chilean undergraduate university students.
Conclusion
The BAT-S was found to be a reliable and valid tool to assess academic burnout in a Chilean sample of undergraduate university students.
Supporting Evidence
- The BAT-S showed adequate internal consistency for the overall burnout score.
- Confirmatory factor analysis supported a second-order factor solution for academic burnout.
- Multiple-group CFA supported gender invariance in the BAT-S.
Takeaway
This study shows that a tool called BAT-S can help measure how burned out students feel in Chile, and it works well.
Methodology
The study used confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to assess the psychometric properties of the BAT-S.
Potential Biases
The data collection method may introduce social desirability bias.
Limitations
The results should be cautiously generalized since the sample does not represent all Chilean students, and the data were collected using a self-reported survey which may be prone to bias.
Participant Demographics
70.9% female, age range 18-58 years, mean age 22.4.
Statistical Information
P-Value
p<0.05
Confidence Interval
[0.012, 0.415]
Statistical Significance
p<0.05
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