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Measurement Invariance of Burnout Inventories across Sex
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Foster, Garett C
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428162452
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
Abstract
This study investigated potential causes of extant group mean differences of self-reported levels of burnout across sex. Based on the origins of burnout as an interpersonal construct, combined with research showing differences in how men and women perceive and resolve interpersonal conflict and stress, it was hypothesized that statistical artifacts, namely violations of the measurement invariance assumption, were present. It was further hypothesized that these artifacts were causing differences in the prevalence of self-reported burnout and that removing them would reduce the size of such differences. Participants (n = 579) completed three separate measures of burnout: the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory, as well as several measures of nomological correlates of burnout. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory approaches to measurement invariance. Results indicated that no violations of measurement invariance were present. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Committee
Michael Zickar (Committee Chair)
Steve Jex (Committee Member)
William O'Brien (Committee Member)
Pages
64 p.
Subject Headings
Occupational Psychology
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Organizational Behavior
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Psychological Tests
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Psychology
Keywords
burnout
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measurement invariance
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measurement equivalence
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sex differences
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employee well-being
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confirmatory factor analysis
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item response theory
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ideal point response process
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differential prediction
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differential item functioning
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Foster, G. C. (2015).
Measurement Invariance of Burnout Inventories across Sex
[Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428162452
APA Style (7th edition)
Foster, Garett.
Measurement Invariance of Burnout Inventories across Sex.
2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428162452.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Foster, Garett. "Measurement Invariance of Burnout Inventories across Sex." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428162452
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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