Mm. Abu-hilal et Aa. El-emadi, Factor structure and reliability of burnout among Emirati and Palestinian teachers, PSYCHOL REP, 87(2), 2000, pp. 597-610
To assess the construct validity and magnitude of burnout among Emirati and
Palestinian teachers, a total of 357 Emirati and 261 Palestinian teachers
responded to the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Separate exploratory factor ana
lyses clearly identified four factors for the Emirati sample and three fact
ors for the Palestinian sample but with more complex structure than that fo
r the Emirati sample. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the four-facto
r model for Emirati sample and the three-factor structure for the Palestini
an sample but some difficulty arose with Items 5, 15, and 22. Coefficients
alpha for the four subscales ranged from .59 to .85 for Emirati leachers an
d from .58 to .88 for the Palestinian sample. Palestinian teachers reported
stronger feelings of emotional exhaustion than Emirati teachers did. The t
wo groups of teachers reported similar feelings about personal success and
similar attitudes toward their students and their jobs.