Burnout, Positivity and Passion in Young Mexican Athletes

The Mediating Effect of Social Support

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15465415
AutoresJulio Román Martínez-Alvarado (0000-0002-4303-2809, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, autor correspondente), 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 correspondente), Ahmed Ali Asadi-González (0000-0001-8262-7613, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Ana Gabriela Magallanes Rodríguez (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California)
Ano2021
Volume18
Fascículo4
Páginas1757-1757
Data de publicação2021-02-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18041757
PMID33670274
OpenAlexW3128854430
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências 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