AUTHOR=Carmona-Halty Marcos , Alarcón-Castillo Karina , Semir-González Carla , Sepúlveda-Páez Geraldy , Schaufeli Wilmar B. 

TITLE=Burnout Assessment Tool for Students (BAT-S): evidence of validity in a Chilean sample of undergraduate university students

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=15

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1434412

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1434412

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>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 (<italic>M</italic> = 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.</p>