Factor analysis of the Spanish Burnout Inventory among public administration employees

Burnout has been recognized as an important stress‐related problem. Researchers have been troubled by some of the psychometric limitations of the questionnaires developed to evaluate burnout. This study was designed to assess the factor structure of the S panish B urnout I nventory in a sample of 548 B razilian public administration employees. This instrument comprises 20 items distributed in four dimensions: enthusiasm toward the job (5 items), psychological exhaustion (4 items), indolence (6 items), and guilt (5 items). The factor structure was examined through confirmatory factor analysis. To assess the factorial validity of the S panish B urnout I nventory, four alternative models were tested. The four‐factor model obtained an adequate data fit for the sample, χ 2 (164) = 514.358, p < .001, RMSEA = .062, GFI = .910, NFI = .915, CFI = .940, and AIC = 606.358. The results showed that the four‐model factor of the S panish B urnout I nventory possesses adequate psychometric properties in the B razilian cultural context. Implications for future research and practice are also discussed.