COVID-19 burnout, COVID-19 stress and resilience: Initial psychometric properties of COVID-19 Burnout Scale

Murat Yıldırım; Fatma Solmaz

doi:10.1080/07481187.2020.1818885

COVID-19 burnout, COVID-19 stress and resilience: Initial psychometric properties of COVID-19 Burnout Scale

Death Stud. 2022;46(3):524-532. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1818885. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

Authors

Murat Yıldırım^{1

2}, Fatma Solmaz³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Turkey.
² Department Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Sociology, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Turkey.

PMID: 32915702
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1818885

Abstract

This study validated a 10-item COVID-19 Burnout Scale (COVID-19-BS) to measure burnout associated with COVID-19. Participants were 402 Turkish adults (76.4% female; Mean_age = 27.37 ± 8.90). Factor analytic approach yielded a one-factor solution, with high internal consistency reliability. Mediation analysis showed that COVID-19 stress predicted resilience and COVID-19 burnout. Resilience predicted COVID-19 burnout. The relationship between COVID-19 burnout and COVID-19 stress was partially mediated by resilience. Findings suggest that the COVID-19-BS is a psychometrically sound scale to measure burnout related to COVID-19. Findings also elucidate our understanding of the role of resilience in the relationship between stress and burnout related to COVID-19.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Burnout, Professional*
Burnout, Psychological
COVID-19*
Female
Humans
Male
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult