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Internal construct validity of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ)

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Lundgren-Nilsson, Åsa, Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H, Pallant, Julie, Ahlborg, Gunnar·2012·BMC Public Health
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1PMC PMC3307433
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BACKGROUND: Burnout is a mental condition defined as a result of continuous and long-term stress exposure, particularly related to psychosocial factors at work. This paper seeks to examine the psychometric properties of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ) for validation of use in a clinical setting. METHODS: Data from both a clinical (319) and general population (319) samples of health care and social insurance workers were included in the study. Data were analysed using both classical and modern test theory approaches, including Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Rasch analysis. RESULTS: Of the 638 people recruited into the study 416 (65%) persons were working full or part time. Data from the SMBQ failed a CFA, and initially failed to satisfy Rasch model expectations. After the removal of 4 of the original items measuring tension, and accommodating local dependency in the data, model expectations were met. As such, the total score from the revised scale is a sufficient statistic for ascertaining burnout and an interval scale transformation is available. The scale as a whole was perfectly targeted to the joint sample. A cut point of 4.4 for severe burnout was chosen at the intersection of the distributions of the clinical and general population. CONCLUSION: A revised 18 item version of the SMBQ satisfies modern measurement standards. Using its cut point it offers the opportunity to identify potential clinical cases of burnout.

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Figure 1 Distribution of General Population of Health Care Workers (white) and Clinical (Black) subjects and items on the same metric.
Figure 1 Distribution of General Population of Health Care Workers (white) and Clinical (Black) subjects and items on the same metric.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 2 Equating of scores for the 22 item SMBQ version (1) with the 18 item SMBQ version (2).
Figure 2 Equating of scores for the 22 item SMBQ version (1) with the 18 item SMBQ version (2).CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Lundgren-Nilsson, Å., Jonsdottir, I. H., Pallant, J., & Ahlborg, G.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • University of Gothenburg (SE)
ORCID
Pallant, Julie
Venue
BMC Public Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2012-01-03
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
1-1
ISSN
1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-12-1
PMC
PMC3307433
OpenAlex
W2148425918
Cited by
626
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 43 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 3
FWCI
32.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • BMC Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University) (acceptedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
Keywords
burnout, psychometric validation, Rasch analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, scale revision, healthcare workers, occupational stress
MeSH terms
Adult, Burnout, Professional, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Sweden

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