School burnout: Adaptation of the Inventory on the Russian Sample

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the adaptation of the School Burnout Inventory (SBI), developed by Finnish researchers in line with the tradition of studying the phenomenon of burnout. The concept of burnout of school student and a brief history of its study abroad and in the Russian Federation, as well as key results of empirical research are presented. The procedure of the instrument adaptation on a sample of 3197 Russian schoolchildren is described. The questionnaire has a three-factor structure and includes three scales: Exhaustion; Cynicism; Inadequacy. The analysis confirms that the tool has good reliability, structural and convergent validity and can be used in studies of school well-being/disadvantage. Possible directions of application of the questionnaire are discussed.