Abstract
Burnout causes major concern in the field of occupational health and an important issue in the psychological and medical science literature. Burnout has been connected to various consequences for the individual, the family, the organization, and society. Burnout is not just fatigue or exhaustion. Burnout is a concept that has developed in a practical manner, with many definitions of the term. Burnout is not considered to be a mental disorder and no diagnostic guidelines are offered for its identification (World Health Organization, The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders: Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992). In spite of this, there are tests and objective as well as subjective markers to identify and map burnout. In this chapter, some of them are described and evaluated: the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), the Shirom–Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM), and the Spanish Burnout Inventory (SBI). It has been suggested that a good understanding of the etiology and development of burnout could facilitate the early recognition of burnout.
Keywords
- Emotional Exhaustion
- Personal Accomplishment
- Maslach Burnout Inventory
- Burnout Syndrome
- Cognitive Weariness
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Milićević-Kalašić, A. (2013). Burnout Examination. In: Bährer-Kohler, S. (eds) Burnout for Experts. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4391-9_11
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