Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability of the Chinese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory among guidance teachers in Hong Kong

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 3 PART 2, 2002, Pages 1081-1086

  Yuen, Mantak ^a   Lau, Patrick S Y ^b,c   Shek, Daniel T L ^b,c   Lam, Man Ping ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Educational Psychology ^*

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0036988971     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3f.1081     Document Type: Article

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