Emotional Exhaustion (MBI-EE subscale)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: alpha 0.883 sample items
About this scale
A 9-item subscale of the MBI measuring emotional exhaustion only — feelings of being emotionally overextended and depleted of one's emotional resources by work.
Sample item(s)
“I feel emotionally drained from my work”
“I feel used up at the end of the workday”
“I feel fatigued when I get up in the morning and have to face another day on the job”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.88. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Commercial license. Often used standalone when only EE matters.
Source & citation
Maslach, C., Jackson, S. E., & Leiter, M. P. (1996): Maslach Burnout Inventory Manual (3rd ed.). Consulting Psychologists Press.
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