CHECKING THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE EMOTIONAL BURNOUT ASSESSMENT TOOL OF TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The emotional exhaustion assessment scale has been tested for validity and reliability in different cultures. In this study, The short version of the emotional exhaustion Assessment Tool Core (BAT-C) was originally developed by Schaufeli et al. (2020b) and was adapted to Turkish. The Turkish scale was applied to 359 students studying at a state university in the 2022-2023 academic year. The study is significant in data collection and providing university students with emotional exhaustion assessment experiences. The short version of the emotional Exhaustion Assessment Tool Core Scale consists of 4 sub-dimensions. In the adaptation study, the opinions of a total of six experts in the fields of translation and evaluation were taken. Reliability analyses were conducted, and a model fit test and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were organized. As reported, the emotional exhaustion Assessment Tool Core Scale's four-dimensional structure was confirmed. In this study, reliability analysis evaluated the scale's internal consistency and Cronbach's alpha value. The scale's overall internal consistency coefficient was determined to be 0.97. The Turkish and short version of the emotional exhaustion Assessment Tool Core Scale was confirmed by CFA analysis to be reliable and valid in the sample group