The Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) has shown satisfactory validity evidence in several countries, with the 23-item version of the instrument reporting adequate psychometric properties also in the Italian context. This paper is aimed to present results from the Italian validation of the 12-item version of the BAT. Based on a sample of 2277 workers, our results supported the factorial validity of a higher-order model represented by 4 first-order factors corresponding to the core dimensions of burnout, namely exhaustion, mental distance, and emotional and cognitive impairment. The measure invariance of the BAT-12 between data collected before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was supported. However, ANCOVA results suggest a higher score on the second-order burnout factor on data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison with earlier data. In line with the JD-R model, the BAT-12 total score reported a positive association with job demands (i.e., workload, time pressure, and role conflict) and a negative association with job resources (i.e., job autonomy, coworkers' support) and personal resources (i.e., optimism, social self-efficacy, and task self-efficacy). Additionally, the BAT-12 showed a negative association with work engagement components (i.e., vigor, dedication, and absorption) and positive job attitudes (i.e., job satisfaction, affective commitment). All in all, our results identify the Italian version of the BAT-12 as a brief and reliable tool for measuring burnout among workers.

Italian Validation of the 12-Item Version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-12) / Mazzetti, Greta; Consiglio, Chiara; Santarpia, FERDINANDO PAOLO; Borgogni, Laura; Guglielmi, Dina; Schaufeli, Wilmar B.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 19:14(2022), p. 8562. [10.3390/ijerph19148562]

Italian Validation of the 12-Item Version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-12)

Chiara Consiglio;Ferdinando Paolo Santarpia;Laura Borgogni;Wilmar B. Schaufeli
2022

Abstract

The Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) has shown satisfactory validity evidence in several countries, with the 23-item version of the instrument reporting adequate psychometric properties also in the Italian context. This paper is aimed to present results from the Italian validation of the 12-item version of the BAT. Based on a sample of 2277 workers, our results supported the factorial validity of a higher-order model represented by 4 first-order factors corresponding to the core dimensions of burnout, namely exhaustion, mental distance, and emotional and cognitive impairment. The measure invariance of the BAT-12 between data collected before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was supported. However, ANCOVA results suggest a higher score on the second-order burnout factor on data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison with earlier data. In line with the JD-R model, the BAT-12 total score reported a positive association with job demands (i.e., workload, time pressure, and role conflict) and a negative association with job resources (i.e., job autonomy, coworkers' support) and personal resources (i.e., optimism, social self-efficacy, and task self-efficacy). Additionally, the BAT-12 showed a negative association with work engagement components (i.e., vigor, dedication, and absorption) and positive job attitudes (i.e., job satisfaction, affective commitment). All in all, our results identify the Italian version of the BAT-12 as a brief and reliable tool for measuring burnout among workers.
2022
BAT; COVID-19; JD-R model; burnout; burnout assessment tool; exhaustion; health impairment process; psychometric properties; validation; Burnout, Psychological; Humans; Job Satisfaction; Pandemics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Burnout, Professional; COVID-19
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Italian Validation of the 12-Item Version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-12) / Mazzetti, Greta; Consiglio, Chiara; Santarpia, FERDINANDO PAOLO; Borgogni, Laura; Guglielmi, Dina; Schaufeli, Wilmar B.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1660-4601. - 19:14(2022), p. 8562. [10.3390/ijerph19148562]
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