Brazilian Burnout Scale (BBS): Internal Structure and Acquiescence Control

Abstract When used for clinical purposes, self-report scales can be susceptible to the influence of response biases. Acquiescent responding can create artifactual additional factors in self-report assessments of clinical symptoms in factor analysis studies, then biasing the resulting scores. Most of these instruments do not offer the appropriate resources for the control of response biases. Thecurrent study was to investigate the internal structure of the Brazilian Burnout Scale (BBS) while also controlling for acquiescence. Participants were 854 workers. After controlling for acquiescence, the best fitting model was a bifactor model containing two substantive factors (Emotional Exhaustion and Frustration, and Depersonalization/Distancing) plus a response bias factor. The BBS can be useful for the research on and the screening of burnout symptoms.

摘要：当应用于临床场景时，自陈量表（self-report scale）易受反应偏差（response bias）的干扰。在针对临床症状的自陈评估的因素分析研究中，默许性作答（acquiescent responding）会生成人为衍生的额外因子，进而对最终测评得分产生偏倚。当前多数此类测评工具并未配备适配的资源以管控反应偏差。本研究旨在探究巴西倦怠量表（Brazilian Burnout Scale, BBS）的内部结构，并同时控制默许性作答的影响。本次研究共纳入854名职场工作者作为被试。在控制默许性作答的效应后，拟合效果最优的模型为双因子模型，该模型包含两个实质因子（情绪衰竭与挫败感、去人格化与疏离感）以及一个反应偏差因子。该量表可有效应用于倦怠症状的相关研究与筛查工作。