title: Significant effects due to rephrasing the Maslach Burnout Inventory's personal accomplishment items.
abstract: Subjects, 292 Dutch psychology students answering negatively phrased Personal Accomplishment items, reported a more personally competent feeling than subjects answering positively phrased personal accomplishment items. The way of phrasing personal accomplishment items significantly affects the answers given.
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anne Marthe
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bouman
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Te Brake
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoogstraten
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics