Authors

Andrea Cuervas-Mons Tejedor1, Juncal Sanz Pascual2, Enrique Vila Abad3

Position

1Enfermera especialista en Salud Mental. Unidad de Agudos de Psiquiatría. Hospital Donostia (San Sebastián)2Enfermera. Servicio de Neumología y Nefrología. Hospital Río Carrión (Palencia)3Profesor titular de Psicometría. Departamento de Metodología. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid)

Contact address

Andrea Cuervas-Mons Tejedor. Rda. Eloy Sanz Villa, 4- 8º U. 42003 Soria.

Contact email: acuervas@hotmail.com

Abstract

Objective: to conduct the cultural adaptation to the Spanish population, and assess the psychometric properties of the Burnout Questionnaire for Housewives (CUBAC).
Method: the adaptation was conducted in two stages: initially, there was a review of those semantic corrections applied to the Brief Burnout Questionnaire (BBQ) by the CUBAC developers, in order to prepare this new questionnaire. In the second stage, the psychometric properties of the CUBAC were evaluated. To this aim, the questionnaire was administered to a sample of 130 Spanish women, and different exploratory factorial analyses were conducted with the objective of analyzing the dimensionality of the scale. The analysis was conducted with the SPSS statistical program (v.15).
Outcomes: after completing the analysis of the adaptations made for developing the new questionnaire, the relevant statistical analyses were conducted. The outcomes obtained determined a factorial structure of two dimensions, which might be used to explain the 60.313% of the variance. It is observed that all Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were high, which shows that the item assignation has been correct. The outcomes obtained were similar to those in the original model, but there are important nuances that must be taken into account in the definition of a measurement model.
Conclusions: the number of factors obtained in the present study is higher than the one obtained by González and Landero in their CUBAC analysis. These data confirm the need for further research about the dimensionality of this scale.

Keywords:

burnout; housewives; CUBAC; cultural adaptation

Versión en Español

Título:

Adaptación cultural del cuestionario de burnout para amas de casa