Study of the Predictive Validity of the Burnout Granada Questionnaire in Police Officers

Abstract

Professionals with burnout have negative physical and psychological effects, with adverse consequences in their workplace. Burnout mainly affects assisting professions; amongst them, police work is one of the professions at risk of suffering from this syndrome. The aim of this research is to study the adequacy of the Maslach Burnout Inventory and Granada Burnout Questionnaire instruments to measure burnout in police officers through the study of the reliability and validity (concurrent and predictive) of these instruments. A cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample was composed of 1884 police officers, mostly men (85.4%), with an average age of 35.04 (SD = 8.30). The Maslach Burnout Inventory and Granada Burnout Questionnaire were used to measure burnout. The results obtained in this study support the adequacy of both instruments for measuring burnout. The correlation coefficients between the dimensions are significant, with a medium-high magnitude. Participants with burnout had significantly higher scores in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and lower scores in personal accomplishment in both instruments. The area under the curve estimated for the Granada Burnout Questionnaire provided evidence of the predictive validity of the instrument. The police profession needs validated and sensitive tools to identify police changes in the dimensions of burnout. The Granada Burnout Questionnaire instrument correctly classifies burnout in police professionals.

The Influence of Work Resources, Demands, and Organizational Culture on Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Citizenship Behaviors of Spanish Police Officers

“…Furthermore, certain positions require working abroad (e.g., embassies) or working away from their units for months due to reasons of national and public security, irrespective of the area they work (Scientific, Information, Immigration and borders, Judiciary and Public safety). Different studies carried out in Spain have shown that police officers are highly likely to suffer from work-related stress due to the tasks of their work [1], such as responding to emergency calls, arresting violators, delivering warrants, mediating conflicts between citizens promptly, which, in turn, harms their physical and psychological wellbeing [2][3][4]. Although previous research has also shown that flexibility-oriented cultures exert their positive effects on employees' job satisfaction (among others) [15], as far as our knowledge reaches, there is an absence of empirical studies focused on how a flexibility-oriented organizational culture can reduce the negative effects of work demands of Spanish police officers, that is to say, facilitate positive outcomes at the employee level.…”

“…To measure work demands, perceived social support, and job control, the Spanish validation [42] of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) [4] was used. This questionnaire comprises three dimensions: psychological demands (six items), job control (seven items), and job support (eight items).…”

“…Nowadays, police organizations face a wide range of environmental pressures and police officers should attempt to tailor their operations and services to the community's needs [1]. In order to perform their functions by maximizing the results of their efforts, police officers' physical and psychological wellbeing should be considered as a relevant topic [2][3][4], since empirical evidence has shown the link between personal wellbeing and positive outcomes, such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and citizenship behaviors [5,6]. Furthermore, any organizational effort to alter the work environment should be also reflected in the culture of the organization and be transmitted through organizational socialization.…”

Evaluation of Convergent, Discriminant, and Criterion Validity of the Cuestionario Burnout Granada-University Students

“…The aim of this study was to obtain evidence of the validity of the Cuestionario Burnout Granada-University Students, in this case, in a sample of nursing students. The CBG-USS is introduced as a university student version of the Cuestionario Burnout Granada (CBG), which has been utilized and validated as a screening tool for burnout syndrome in Nurses and Police Officers [62][63][64]. Since the CBG-USS is a recently created instrument, a reference instrument has been used to demonstrate the correct functioning in the measurement and detection of burnout, in this case, the MBI-SS [19,53], the student version of the MBI [32].…”