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Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Test

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In about five minutes, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Test presents 22 questions about emotional energy, workplace relationships, and professional confidence. Your result highlights patterns linked to occupational strain, helping you reflect on current pressures, notice areas needing attention, and better understand your personal profile.
Questions: 225 minutes
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How the Scales are Structured

Burnout Syndrome System IndexBSSI
This index summarizes overall burnout severity across emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced professional accomplishment on a 0–1 scale.
example score1/1
1/1No burnoutexample score
0 – 1No burnout
1Maximum burnout
A score of 1 indicates the maximum level of systemic burnout severity on this index.
Reduced Personal AccomplishmentRPA
This scale measures the extent to which a person feels reduced effectiveness, satisfaction, and accomplishment in their professional role.
example score19/48
19/48Low reductionexample score
0 – 30Low reduction
31 – 36Moderate reduction
37 – 48High reduction
A score of 19 falls in the Low reduction range, indicating generally preserved feelings of professional competence and accomplishment.
DepersonalizationD
Measures the degree of emotional detachment, cynicism, and reduced empathy in professional interactions.
example score10/30
10/30Moderateexample score
0 – 5Low
6 – 10Moderate
11 – 30High
A score of 10 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting some tendency toward emotional distancing or formal interactions while still not indicating pronounced cynicism.
Emotional ExhaustionEE
Measures the degree of emotional and mental fatigue and depletion related to work demands.
example score25/54
25/54Highexample score
0 – 15Low
16 – 24Moderate
25 – 54High
A score of 25 falls in the High range, indicating a pronounced level of work-related emotional exhaustion.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Healthcare and helping staff
41%OF USERS
Doctors, nurses, psychologists, and social workers take it to check emotional exhaustion, empathy fatigue, and whether they’re starting to detach from patients.
Managers and team leads
34%OF USERS
People in leadership roles use it when constant responsibility and conflicts drain energy and work stops feeling effective.
HR and occupational health
25%OF USERS
Specialists involved in staff wellbeing and risk prevention administer it to spot burnout patterns early and plan targeted support.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Shaded area — where most people score
Dot — the average
You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test
Systemic Burnout Syndrome IndexSBSI
You?
Average0.6
Typical rangeTypical0.4 – 0.7
Possible0 – 1
Reduction of professional achievementsRopa
You?
Average33.3
Typical rangeTypical26.5 – 40.1
Possible0 – 48
DepersonalizationD
You?
Average13.1
Typical rangeTypical7.6 – 18.7
Possible0 – 30
Emotional ExhaustionEE
You?
Average32.1
Typical rangeTypical24.6 – 39.6
Possible0 – 54
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You are presented with 22 statements about feelings and experiences related to work. Please read each statement carefully and decide whether you feel this way at work. If you have never had this feeling, select “never.” If you have had this feeling, indicate how often you have experienced it during the past few months.
    • Never
    • Very rarely
    • Rarely
    • Sometimes
    • Often
    • Very often
    • Every day
    • Never
    • Very rarely
    • Rarely
    • Sometimes
    • Often
    • Very often
    • Every day
    • Never
    • Very rarely
    • Rarely
    • Sometimes
    • Often
    • Very often
    • Every day
These are 3 of the 22 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Test - Description and methodology of the test

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People who want to examine whether work is affecting their energy, relationships, and sense of effectiveness may find this questionnaire useful. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Test organizes self-reported experiences into a profile of emotional depletion, detachment, interpersonal functioning, and accomplishment. After taking this occupational burnout assessment, a person can use the result to reflect on current work strain and the areas that deserve closer attention.

What This Assessment Explores

The items cover emotional drain, fatigue, irritability, withdrawal, interpersonal distance, conflict handling, empathy, cooperation, and confidence in one’s contribution. This burnout questionnaire helps people reflect on how work-related experiences cluster.

Its overall indicator summarizes burnout severity, while the domain scales show how patterns of depleted energy, detached relationships, and accomplishment differ. The displayed dimensions and bands are:

  • Burnout Syndrome System Index (0-1) reports overall severity, with No burnout (0-1) and Maximum burnout (1-1).
  • Reduced Personal Accomplishment (0-48) addresses satisfaction with oneself as a person and as a professional, with Low reduction (0-30), Moderate reduction (31-36), and High reduction (37-48).
  • Depersonalization (0-30) captures emotional detachment in relationships, with Low (0-5), Moderate (6-10), and High (11-30).
  • Emotional Exhaustion (0-54) captures depleted energy, with Low (0-15), Moderate (16-24), and High (25-54).

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement asks how often a work-related experience occurs, using a seven-point frequency scale from Never to Every day. Responses are aggregated into domain scores and a combined index; the result is best read as a pattern across dimensions rather than a single verdict. The domain scores and overall index use the questionnaire’s labels and ranges, so interpretation should follow those displays rather than assumptions about how each response contributes.

The three-domain structure is conceptually consistent with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) described by Maslach and Jackson in their 1981 research. The Maslach burnout scales offer a point of comparison, but the online presentation should not be assumed to reproduce the 1996 manual’s administration, scoring, or norms; its profile represents this questionnaire’s presentation of those domains. This relationship supports thematic comparison rather than identification with the published instrument.

Interpretation should remain tied to the respondent’s current context. Workload, role conflict, mood, self-awareness, and willingness to answer candidly can affect self-report responses. The labels and ranges in the profile are the bands displayed for this questionnaire; the profile cannot by itself determine a diagnosis.

Author: C. Maslach, S. E. Jackson
Literature:
  • Maslach, C., & Jackson, S. E. (1981). The measurement of experienced burnout. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2(2), 99-113. 10.1002/job.4030020205
  • Maslach, C., Jackson, S. E., & Leiter, M. P. (1996). Maslach Burnout Inventory Manual (3rd ed.). Consulting Psychologists Press, Palo Alto, CA.

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