Características Psicométricas y Estructura Factorial del School Burnout Inventory Student (SBI-U-9) en Estudiantes Universitarios Mexicanos. Psychometric Characteristics and Factor Structure of the School Burnout Inventory Student (SBI-U-9) in Mexican University Students

Academic burnout is defined as a negative and persistent emotional response, related to academic performance, formed by a feeling of being exhausted, a cynical or estrangement attitude with the meaning and usefulness of studies and a feeling of academic incompetence as a student. This phenomenon has important effects on the health of those who suffer from it, so it is imperative to adapt instruments that allow the detection in specific population. 578 Mexican college students were evaluated through the School Burnout Inventory Student (SBI-U-9) with the objective of analyzing their psychometric characteristics, factor structure and invariance between male and female. The results show that the SBI-U-9 has fit index adequate. It is concluded that the instrument has adequate psychometric characteristics for its application in Mexican college students, and the trifactorial construct of academic burnout in the sample is confirmed.