Burnout Assessment Tool for Students (BAT-S): Evidence of Validity in a Chilean Sample of Undergraduate University Students

Overview

Journal Front Psychol

Date 2025 Jan 2

PMID 39744027

Authors

Marcos Carmona-Halty

Karina Alarcon-Castillo

Carla Semir-Gonzalez

Geraldy Sepulveda-Paez

Wilmar B Schaufeli

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Abstract

This brief report examines both within-network and between-network construct validity of the Burnout Assessment Tool for Students (BAT-S) in a sample of 461 Chilean undergraduate university students (70.9% female) ranging between 18 and 58 years old ( = 21.6, SD = 4.34). The reliability analysis results showed adequate internal consistency for the overall burnout score and for each dimension. In addition, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported a second-order factor (academic burnout) and four first-order factors (exhaustion, mental distance, cognitive impairment, and emotional impairment) solution. Moreover, the results of multiple-group CFA supported gender invariance. Finally, structural equation model (SEM) analysis showed that academic resources and academic demands are associated with academic burnout. Overall, the BAT-S was found to be a reliable and valid tool to assess academic burnout in chilean sample of undergraduate university students.

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