Burnout, Positivity and Passion in Young Mexican Athletes

The Mediating Effect of Social Support

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15465415
AutoresJulio Román Martínez-Alvarado (0000-0002-4303-2809, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, autor de correspondencia), Luis Horacio Aguiar Palacios (0000-0003-3994-4220, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Yolanda Viridiana Chávez-Flores (0000-0003-0613-167X, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Rosendo Berengüí (0000-0003-0428-3186, Universidad Católica de Murcia, autor de correspondencia), Ahmed Ali Asadi-González (0000-0001-8262-7613, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Ana Gabriela Magallanes Rodríguez (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número4
Páginas1757-1757
Fecha de publicación2021-02-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18041757
PMID33670274
OpenAlexW3128854430
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas69

The burnout syndrome is a negative experience for athlete development and it has been demonstrated that it gets worse when a sport is practiced in an obsessive way. Interventions with a positive view towards sports could be a protective factor to boost the athlete's wellbeing. The aim of the present study was to analyse the mediator effect from social support, the relationship between the burnout, positivity and passion in young Mexican athletes. The sample was composed by 452 Mexican athletes, males and females (women 45%), from 12 to 18 years of age ( M = 16.29, SD = 1.66). Participants answered the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire, The Scale of the Social Support Perceived by Athletes, the Passion Scale and the Positivity Scale. The results of structural equation modeling showed a good adjustment model (χ 2 = 889.213; df = 274; χ 2 / df = 3.245; p ˂ 0.01; CFI = 0.93; TLI = 0.91; IFI = 0.94; NFI = 0.91; RMSEA = 0.07). The harmonious passion presented direct and indirect effects on the burnout, being the perceived social support the mediator variable of the indirect effect. The positivity resulted positive predictor from the social support (β = 0.714, p ˂ 0.001) and social support predicted the burnout (β = -0.270, p ˂ 0.005). The obsessive passion had a direct effect over burnout (β = 0.627, p ˂ 0.001). Developing negative commitments to sports could be an indicator of a greater risk of experiencing individual conflicts that lead to sports burnout

Athletes · Burnout · Passion · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Scale (ratio · Social support · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance