Prediction of life stress on athletes’ burnout: the dual role of perceived stress

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Theresa Chyi¹  Frank Jing-Horng Lu²  Erica T.W. Wang³  Ya-Wen Hsu⁴  Ko-Hsin Chang⁵ 

[1] Department of Exercise and Health Promotion, Chinese Culture University;Graduate Institute of Sport Coaching Science, Chinese Culture University;Office of Physical Education and Sports Affairs, Feng Chia University;Department of Physical Education, Health, and Recreation, National Chiayi University;Department of Physical Education, Chinese Culture University

关键词: Youth athletes;    Competitive sports;    Well-being;    Psychological distress;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.4213

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Although many studies adopted Smith’s (1986) cognitive–affective model of athletic burnout in examining stress–burnout relationship, very few studies examined the mediating/moderating role of perceived stress on the stress–burnout relationship. We sampled 195 college student-athletes and assessed their life stress, perceived stress, and burnout. Correlation analyses found all study variables correlated. Two separate hierarchical regression analyses found that the “distress” component of perceived stress mediated athletes’ two types of life stress–burnout relationship but “counter-stress” component of perceived stress-moderated athletes’ general-life stress–burnout relationship. We concluded that interweaving relationships among athletes’ life stress, perceived stress, and burnout are not straightforward. Future research should consider the nature of athletes life stress, and dual role of perceived stress in examining its’ association with related psychological responses in athletic settings.

【 授权许可】

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