Abstract

ARANDA BELTRAN, Carolina; PANDO MORENO, Manuel  and  SALAZAR ESTRADA, José Guadalupe. Reliability and validation of the scale Maslach Burnout Inventory (Hss) in workers in western México. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.2, pp.218-227. ISSN 0120-5552.

Abstract Objective: validate the Maslach Burnout Inventory (scale mostly used to assess syndrome) in 1958 workers skilled and unskilled of different activities in Western Mexico. Material and methods: the factorial structure of the guide was evaluated by a factor analysis with principal components method, varimax rotation, determination of Cronbach's alpha and identification of eigenvalue for each item and thepercentageof varianceexplained. Results: Cronbach's alphas of .658 for the entire scale and 41.6% of explained variance were obtained, while on dimensions, for emotional exhaustion alpha value was of 0.835, in depersonalization alpha value was of .407 and .733 in lack of fulfillment. Conclusions: it is assumed that the scale is in the range acceptable for use, taking with caution the values obtained for the depersonalization subscale.

Keywords : reliability; validation; scale; Burnout syndrome.

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