Psychometric Evaluation of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory for Nursing Students
Giampiera Bulfone1, Sondra Badolamenti2, Valentina Biagioli2
1University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy giampiera.bulfone@uniroma2.it.
Background:
Higher education students, especially nursing students, have drawn more attention as a group that is vulnerable to the risk of developing burnout syndrome.
Purpose:
To test the psychometric properties of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory in Nursing (OLBI-N).
Methods:
The OLBI-N validity and reliability was tested in a sample of 476 nursing students. The validity was assessed with explorative and confirmative factor analyses. For hypothesis testing, we evaluated the correlation between burnout and academic self-efficacy.
Results:
Two factors (exhaustion and disengagement) were identified, and the confirmative factor analysis of the OLBI-N yielded a good fit. The OLBI-N was significantly correlated with academic self-efficacy (r = .29, -.37, p < .01).
Conclusions:
The OLBI-N is a valid, reliable questionnaire for measuring burnout among nursing students.
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