Mental Burnout Questionnaire Test

This 72-question self-report takes about 14 minutes to complete. After completion, the Mental Burnout Questionnaire Test highlights emotional exhaustion, detachment from people at work, and reduced professional motivation, helping you reflect on your current work experience and notice areas that may deserve attention.

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How the Scales are Structured

Reduced Professional MotivationRPM

This scale measures how much your work enthusiasm, sense of competence, and drive for achievement have declined.

example score56/69

56/69High decreaseexample score

0 – 24Low decrease

25 – 31Moderate decrease

32 – 69High decrease

A score of 56 falls in the High decrease range, suggesting pronounced reduced work satisfaction and achievement motivation with lower perceived effectiveness.

Personal DetachmentPD

Measures the degree of interpersonal detachment and social withdrawal at work, including irritability and negative attitudes toward others.

example score13/72

13/72Lowexample score

0 – 16Low

17 – 40Moderate

41 – 72High

A score of 13 falls in the Low range, suggesting generally preserved engagement with others and minimal signs of distancing.

Psychoemotional ExhaustionPE

Assesses the degree of emotional and energy depletion (fatigue, irritability, reduced tolerance) associated with ongoing work with people.

example score34/75

34/75Moderateexample score

0 – 20Low

21 – 39Moderate

40 – 75High

A score of 34 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting noticeable psycho-emotional fatigue and reduced emotional reserves, though not at the highest level.

Mental Burnout IndexMBI

Measures overall psychological burnout by combining psycho-emotional exhaustion, personal detachment, and reduced professional motivation.

example score66/216

66/216Moderateexample score

0 – 51Low

52 – 112Moderate

113 – 216High

A score of 66 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting noticeable but not extreme burnout symptoms across energy, detachment, and motivation.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Teachers and instructors

41%OF USERS

Educators who work closely with students take it to check emotional exhaustion, detachment, and fading motivation before it affects their teaching.

People-facing care staff

34%OF USERS

Healthcare, social work, and support professionals use it to understand how constant emotional demands are impacting their energy and empathy.

Managers and HR teams

25%OF USERS

Leaders and HR specialists take it themselves or share it with teams to spot burnout risk early and adjust workload and support.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

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

Decrease in professional motivationDipm

You?

Average44.3

Typical rangeTypical33.3 – 55.2

Possible0 – 69

Personal distancingPd

You?

Average22.5

Typical rangeTypical10.7 – 34.2

Possible0 – 72

Psycho-emotional exhaustionPe

You?

Average38.9

Typical rangeTypical26.4 – 51.3

Possible0 – 75

Psychological Burnout Index (PBI)

You?

Average111.8

Typical rangeTypical71.7 – 152

Possible0 – 216

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You are asked to respond to a series of statements about work-related feelings. Please read each statement and decide whether you have experienced something similar. If you have never experienced this feeling, select “never.” If this feeling is present consistently, select “usually.” If it occurs from time to time, select “rarely” or “often.” Respond as quickly as possible. Try not to spend a long time thinking about your choice of response. If your occupation is not related to teaching, mentally replace the word “students” in the items with the term that best fits your work (e.g., “clients,” “customers,” “visitors,” etc.).

- Usually
- Often
- Rarely
- Never
- Usually
- Often
- Rarely
- Never
- Usually
- Often
- Rarely
- Never

These are 3 of the 72 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Mental Burnout Questionnaire Test - Description and methodology of the test

pedagogy

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People who feel persistently depleted, detached, or less effective at work can use the Mental Burnout Questionnaire Test to organize those experiences into a readable profile. It is suited to self-reflection by people facing sustained professional demands. This mental burnout assessment can show which aspect of work-related strain is most pronounced, rather than reducing the result to one undifferentiated score.

What This Assessment Explores

Three dimensions are scored separately and combined into these result areas:

Reduced Professional Motivation (0-69) captures enthusiasm, productivity and perceived competence: Low decrease (0-24), Moderate decrease (25-31), High decrease (32-69).
Personal Detachment (0-72) captures reduced contact with others, irritability, and negativism; higher scores may indicate a cynical attitude toward people and decreased engagement in professional activities: Low (0-16), Moderate (17-40), High (41-72).
Psychoemotional Exhaustion (0-75) captures emotional, physical and energetic depletion: Low (0-20), Moderate (21-39), High (40-75).
Mental Burnout Index (0-216) is the overall index combining psychoemotional exhaustion, personal detachment, and reduced professional motivation; higher scores indicate more pronounced burnout symptoms: Low (0-51), Moderate (52-112), High (113-216).

Viewed as a work burnout questionnaire, it can show whether strain is concentrated in motivation, relationships, exhaustion, or several areas. The content suits roles involving sustained contact with other people.

Methodology and Evidence Base

In practice, this online burnout test uses self-report items about emotional reactions, energy, work attitudes, relationships with colleagues or students, and perceived effectiveness. The questions use four frequency choices-Usually, Often, Rarely, and Never-with numbers 1 to 4 shown for many. Themes include strain indicators and positive experiences: satisfaction, optimism, interest, and perceived benefit to others.

Responses are combined into three component scores and an overall index. The displayed ranges and bands report results, but they do not reveal how many points any individual answer contributes.

Its structure is conceptually consistent with the Rukavishnikov Mental Burnout Questionnaire and with Rukavishnikov’s 2001 work on personal and organizational contributors to teacher burnout. Maslach and Jackson’s 1981 measurement study provides a broader reference for burnout assessment, although this online questionnaire should not be treated as the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

Interpretation is strongest when the profile is read alongside current workload, role demands, health, and workplace relationships. Self-report can be shaped by mood, recall, self-awareness, and willingness to disclose; the displayed bands are reporting categories, not automatically population norms or clinical cutoffs.

Author: Christina Maslach, Michael P. Leiter

Literature:

Rukavishnikov, A. A., & Sokolova, M. V. (2001). Mental Burnout Questionnaire for Teachers: Manual. Yaroslavl: NPC Psychodiagnostics.
Rukavishnikov, A. A. (2001). Personal Determinants and Organizational Factors in the Genesis of Mental Burnout Among Teachers. PhD dissertation, Yaroslavl State University, Yaroslavl, 174 pp.
Maslach, C., & Jackson, S. E. (1981). The measurement of experienced burnout. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2(2), 99-113. 10.1002/job.4030020205

Updated: 2025-10-02