Validity of the Maslach burnout inventory for family practice physicians
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 42 (3), 488-492
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198605)42:3<488::aid-jclp2270420315>3.0.co;2-s
Abstract
This study assesses the utility of Maslach's concept of burnout for family practice physicians. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) subscale correlations for the 67 residents in this sample are compared with Maslach's normative sample. The residents scored in the moderate to high range on the MBI subscales. MBI interscale correlations were similar to the pattern reported by Maslach. Significant correlations between job satisfaction and five of the six MBI subscales suggest that the construct of burnout has considerable psychological import for these physicians. The validity of the emotional exhaustion subscale is demonstrated by significant correlations with self‐assessed burnout, job satisfaction, and faculty assessments of resident burnout. Independent observers were most sensitive to residents' emotional exhaustion and less likely to assess accurately the less visible aspects of burnout related to depersonalization and lack of achievement, which suggests the usefulness of multiple measures for assessing the burnout phenomenon.Keywords
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