Maslach Burnout Inventory -General Survey: French validation in a representative sample of employees
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: This study presents the French validation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory –General Survey (MBI-GS). The MBI-Human Services Survey, MBI-Educators Survey andMBI-GS questionnaires have been validated in numerous languages and are currently beingused in many countries, as attested by the abundant literature on the subject. Burnout hasreceived considerable media attention around the world as public awareness grows about thisincreasingly prevalent phenomenon. As a major social issue that can potentially affect anyemployee in any field, we felt it was both timely and necessary to conduct a validation studyadapted to French culture.Methods: After performing both forward and back translations, a questionnaire wasadministered to a representative sample of 1,312 French employees.Results: Psychometric analysis revealed excellent internal consistency for the threedimensions of MBI (Exhaustion, Cynicism and Professional Inefficacy), a factorial structurealmost identical to that reported in the original study, and satisfactory convergent validity.Average scores were grouped into five clusters of identifying variables chosen to provide aSCIREA Journal of Healthhttp://www.scirea.org/journal/PMHMay 27, 2019Volume 3, Issue 2, April 201925clear picture of mean scores in France: gender, age, occupational status, company size andbusiness sector. Hierarchical classification analysis based on respondents’ scores forExhaustion, Cynicism and Professional Inefficacy resulted in six distinct employee profiles.These groups are described and analyzed considering both MBI scores and responses toadditional psychological health questionnaires designed to measure indicators of strain (stress,anxiety and depression symptoms, and need for recovery). These results are discussed in thecontext of preventing work-related burnout and more broadly, toward preventing psychosocialrisks.Conclusions: The factorial structure shares strong similarities with those found in theliterature for versions of the MBI which have been translated into different languages,analyses showed excellent internal consistency in the three sub dimensions and theconvergent validity has been demonstrated. Applying cross-correlation to scores for the threedimensions of burnout with scores on other instruments for assessing psychological disorders,allowed us to identify “at risk” profiles which produced highly relevant results with regard toburnout prevention.Trial registration: data were collected by OpinionWay in accordance with the requirementsof European regulation n° 2016/679/EU.
Source: HAL
Language: English
Topic: Stress and Burnout Research
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3155100197