The development and validation of an academic burnout questionnaire among Moroccan trainee teachers using the maslach burnout inventory-student survey

Bouhaba Abdelmounaim; Zineb Boumaaize; Youssef Elmadhi; Hinde Hami; Abdelmajid Soulaymani; Hajar Darif

doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_956_21

The development and validation of an academic burnout questionnaire among Moroccan trainee teachers using the maslach burnout inventory-student survey

J Educ Health Promot. 2022 Apr 28:11:138. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_956_21. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Bouhaba Abdelmounaim¹, Zineb Boumaaize², Youssef Elmadhi³, Hinde Hami¹, Abdelmajid Soulaymani¹, Hajar Darif¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Biology and Health, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco.
² Laboratory of Informatics Systems and Optimization, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco.
³ Laboratory of Education, Environment and Health (EES) at CRMEF Rabat / Sale / Kenitra, Morocco.

Abstract

Background: Stress and burnout syndrome are more common for people who work in professions that include direct contact with humans, such as education and the medical field. To contribute to the prevention of this syndrome, the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) has been validated and used in different countries worldwide except for Morocco. The main purpose of this study is to develop and validate a special version of the MBI-SS scale to assess academic burnout among Moroccan trainee teachers during their training period.

Materials and methods: A self-administered questionnaire was carried out to assess the sociodemographic factors and certain stressors of the interviewees as well as the MBI-SS. Two hundred fifty-five trainee teachers of the CRMEF (Regional Centre for Education and Training) participated to assess the validity of the MBI-SS scale in its French version and its three components during the academic year 2020/2021 of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region. The inferential method of data analysis was used by Cronbach's alpha to determine the overall reliability of the instrument as well as the three components of the assessment. After that, exploratory factor analysis was carried out.

Results: Sixty five percent of the participant were male, and most of them were between the ages of 20 and 30 years. The results demonstrated a satisfactory psychometric characteristic for its dimensions and validated the 3-dimensional structure of the MBI-SSM, yet they indicate the necessity to remove two items to guarantee their reliability. The Cronbach's alpha value of the MBI-SSM was greater than (0.7). The Cronbach's alpha also showed a good homogeneity for the three dimensions of the MBI-SSM, (0.853) for emotional exhaustion, (0.570) for cynicism, and (0.776) for academic efficacy.

Conclusions: It is concluded that the MBI-SSM is determined to be an objective and a valid instrument and can be used to assess academic burnout in the Moroccan context.

Keywords: Academic burnout; Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey; Morocco; exploratory factor analysis; psychometric characteristics; trainee teachers.