- Title
- Injury and burnout in Australian athletes
- Creator
- Grylls, Elizabeth; Spittle, Michael
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/35315
- Identifier
- vital:1701
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.2466/PMS.107.3.873-880
- Identifier
- ISSN:0031-5125
- Abstract
- The relationship between injury and burnout in a sample of 264 local to international Australian athletes (124 men and 140 women) was studied. Injury can be a stressful experience for athletes; coupled with the demands of rehabilitation, it could increase feelings of burnout. Experiencing more than one injury could have a cumulative effect on feelings of burnout. Alternatively, for some athletes the break from training or competing caused by an injury could alleviate burnout symptoms. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and a modified version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Independent sample t tests indicated that currendy injured athletes (n = 150) had significandy lower mean Burnout scores than currendy uninjured athletes (n= 113). Small, but statistically significant, positive correlations were found between number of injuries and Burnout scores. Possible explanations are that injury provides a temporary break from intense sporting involvement and, thus, lower scores on Burnout, but multiple injuries might have a cumulative effect on burnout. © Perceptual and Motor Skills 2008.
- Publisher
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Relation
- Perceptual and Motor Skills Vol. 107, no. 3 (2008), p. 873-880
- Rights
- Copyright Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
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