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(.89) and intensity (.86), depersonalization’s frequency (.77) and intensity (.72), and
personal accomplishment’s frequency (.74) and intensity (.74). The authors also
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demonstrated sufficient test-retest reliability using a time interval of two-four weeks. All
reliability coefficients for the subscales’ frequency and intensity were above .60.
Maslach and Jackson (1981) established adequate convergent validity of the
inventory in three ways. Scores on the MBI were correlated with the following criteria:
independent behavior ratings by a person who knew the subject well, the presence of job
characteristics likely to contribute to burnout, and measures of outcomes hypothesized to
relate to burnout. To establish discriminant validity, scores on the MBI and an inventory
measuring job satisfaction were correlated. The results indicated that less than six
percent of variance was accounted for by the correlations, indicating that the MBI is not
measuring the construct of job satisfaction, thus providing support for the inventory’s
discriminant validity.
Research outside of the sport realm has further examined the psychometric
properties and efficacy of the MBI. Densten’s (2001) examination of the MBI’s
conceptualization and psychometric properties generated a five-factor structure opposed
to the original three-factor design. The research supported emotional exhaustion splitting
into psychological and somatic strain components. Further, the personal accomplishment
subscale was broken down into lack of self and others.
Wright and Bonett (1997) tested the relationships between the three dimensions of
the MBI with work performance. Their results only yielded a significant negative
relationship between the emotional exhaustion subscale and work performance. The
study’s longitudinal design confirmed the need for future longitudinal burnout designs