Burnout prevalence and its association with occupational stress, effort-reward imbalance, and depression among professional and semi-professional basketball coaches

A cross-sectional study

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ID21283442
AuthorsRaphaël Vincent (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne), Pascal Edouard (0000-0003-1969-3612, Lyon 1 Université), Vincent Cavelier (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne), Paul Vercherin, Clément Foschia (0000-0003-0594-8768, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne), Carole Pélissier (0000-0002-5682-9358, Lyon 1 Université), Luc Fontana (0000-0003-1870-3671, Lyon 1 Université, corresponding author)
Year2026
Volume267
Pages106860
Publication date2026-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Psychologica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-6918 • E-ISSN: 1873-6297
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106860
PMID42190506
OpenAlexW7162433429
LanguageEN
References cited35

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of burnout in French female and male professional and semi-professional basketball league coaches, and to explore associations between burnout level and work stressors, perceived stress and depression. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHODS: and Fisher tests) and multivariate (logistic regression model) analyses. RESULTS: Eighty nine of the 216 coaches and 216 assistant coaches participated in this study (response rate, 20.6%). 43.8% of coaches reported low subjective Personal Accomplishment, 15.8% high levels of Emotional Exhaustion and 21.4% high levels of Depersonalization. The majority (84.3%) of participants showed no burnout or a single dimension affected, while 12.4% showed 2 dimensions affected and 3.4%, 3 dimensions. 27% showed high perceived occupational stress, 11% experienced high Effort-Reward Imbalance, with high effort and low reward, 17% were at risk of depression, according to the WHO-5 (≤ 32). Burnout was strongly associated with perceived occupational stress (OR = 90.0 [6.9- > 100]; p < 0.0006). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of burnout was similar to that reported elsewhere, and was significantly associated with perceived occupational stress. The results confirmed the need for regular medical monitoring of the mental health of basketball coaches

Association (psychology) · Basketball · Burnout · Depression (economics) · Mental health · Occupational burnout · Occupational safety and health · Athletic Training and Education · Epidemiology · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Sport Psychology and Performance

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