%0 Journal Article %T Validez factorial del <> (CESQT) en una muestra de maestros mexicanos %A Gil-Monte %A Pedro R. %A Unda Rojas %A Sara %A Sandoval Oca£¿a %A Jorge I. %J Salud mental %D 2009 %I Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatr¨ªa %X since the term burnout began to be used in the mid 1970's to refer to the process of deterioration in the care and professional attention given to users of human service organizations (public service, volunteer, medical, human social service, educational organizations, etc.), a variety of instruments have been developed to measure this phenomenon. a review of the literature makes it possible to conclude that among these measurement instruments the maslach burnout inventory (mbi) has been used with the greatest frequency to measure the burnout syndrome, regardless of the occupational characteristics of the sample or the source of the burnout. while the most commonly employed burnout measure has been the mbi, researchers have been troubled by some of the psychometric limitations of this scale: a number of authors have suggested that a three-factor structure might not be appropriate; some items are not associated with their factors; cronbach's alpha values are low for the depersonalization subscale; different versions of the instrument evaluate the same phenomenon, etc. other instruments used to evaluate burnout (for example burnout measure) do not satisfactorily operationalize the definition of the syndrome. the deficiencies in the instruments used for evaluating burnout have led to the development of the <> (cesqt) (spanish burnout inventory). the theoretical model underlying the cesqt is based on the concept that burnout is a response to chronic job stress that stems from problematic interpersonal work relationships, and it develops in those individuals who work with people, quite frequently in service sector professionals who are in direct contact with the end-users. it is characterized by cognitive deterioration (loss of enthusiasm toward the job), emotional deterioration, and attitudes and behaviours of indifference, indolence, withdrawal and sometimes, abusive attitudes toward the client. i %K burnout %K factor analysis %K job stress %K cross-cultural validation. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0185-33252009000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en