Dimensionality of the Maslach burnout inventory in school teachers: A study of several proposals

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Aluja, Anton ^a   Blanch, Angel ^a   García, Luis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burnout; Confirmatory factor analyses; Elementary school teachers; Maslach Burnout Inventory; MBI

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544284579     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.21.1.67     Document Type: Article

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