Students School Burnout Inventory: Development, Validation, and Reliability of Scale

Abstract

<strong>Background:</strong> Over the past several decades the concept of burnout has been an important topic for the domain of education and psychology. One of the challenges regarding burnout is to develop an effective instrument, which considers cultural differences into account. By reviewing literature, we can figure out that there are some burnout instruments, which most of them are just for teachers, counselors, and workers. Despite the important effects of burnout among students, there is no instrument that assesses high school student burnout specifically. The aim of this study is to develop an instrument for high school students, which is valid, reliable, and suitable for Iranian culture. <strong>Methods:</strong> The population is taken from students of the public high school of Basht, Kohkiloie va Boier Admad, Iran. Using multistage random sampling method, 443 students were selected from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade of Basht high schools. <strong>Results:</strong> Exploratory factor analysis results showed that 16 indicators loaded on 4 factors. The amount of total variance explained was 50.18%. Similarly, 1st and 2nd order confirmatory factor analysis results demonstrated that the model was well fit since fit indices such as GFI, CFI, AGFI, and IFI were greater than 0.90 and RMSEA was lower than 0.05. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was 0.83. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> In sum, we can say that our scale, which has 4 components has not only a good validity but also a great reliability.