e-Pedagogium 2025, 25(2):7-23 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2025.006

The Slovak Version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) - Adaptation and Validation: A Pilot Study

Katarína Kohútováa, Júlia Bačkorováa
a Department of Social Work, Faculty of Education, Catholic University in Ružomberok, Hrabovská cesta 1/A, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovak republic

The objective of the study is the pilot adaptation and validation of the Slovak version of the Burnout Assessment Tool. The adaptation process included three independent translations, a back translation, a meeting of the research team to synthesize it into its final form, and validation of the back translation by the authors of the questionnaire. The research sample consisted of 266 Slovak teachers. Three models were tested for their factor structure using confirmatory factor analysis. The results showed that the most appropriate model (combining model quality and theoretical underpinnings) is the second-order model, with four primary factors that achieved excellent internal consistency values. Construct validity was supported by the identification of expected relationships between burnout and selected variables of the Job Demands-Resources model.

Keywords: burnout assessment tool, adaptation, factor analysis, reliability, construct validity.

Received: January 30, 2025; Revised: February 10, 2025; Accepted: March 4, 2025; Published: September 1, 2025  Show citation

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