School Burnout Inventory: A French validation

Introduction. - First studied in adults, the concept of burnout was recently extended to adolescents in order to evaluate the impact of school requirements on their health. Objective. - This study aim at assessing construct validity, reliability and concurrent validity of a French version of the School Burnout Inventory (Salmela-Aro, Kiuru, Leskinen, & Nurmi, 2009) that characterize school burnout by exhaustion linked to school demands, cynicism toward school and feelings of inadequacy as a student. Method. - Three hundred and eighty-seven adolescents have filled the translated questionnaire and a confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the data. Results. - The analysis confirmed the tridimensional structure of the scale and mainly show satisfactory psychometric qualities. Conclusion. - This measurement scale should provide clinicians with a rapid and simple assessment of school burnout in adolescents. Researchers could also benefit from it in order to extend theoretical knowledge about this trouble. (C) 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.