Telma Ramos Trigo.pdf - Departamento de Psiquiatria

depersonalization. The Scree plot analysis, unlike exploratory factor
analysis without fixing the factors, indicated the three-factor solution, as in
the original MBI-HSS. Settling into three factors, the exploratory factor
analysis revealed the highest load factor in Emotional Exhaustion (EE) of
two items in the subsample of Depersonalization (DE) with major
depression but not in the subsample without major depression. In contrast,
items 6 and 16 of EE had higher factor loading in DE in the subsample
without depression but not in the sample with depression. Our results
indicate that the presence of major depression may influence the
psychometric properties of the MBI-HSS. We suggest that researchers
consider the evaluation of the validity of the MBI-HSS in the sample prior
to the use of the MBI-HSS, including assessment of individuals with and
without depression separately.
Descriptors: Burnout, Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI-HSS, validity, factor
analyses, depression, work- related disorders