Anxiety and burnout in young athletes: The mediating role of cognitive appraisal

This study tested the relationship between trait anxiety, cognitive appraisal, and athletes’ burnout proposing two hypotheses: (a) there is a direct relationship between athletes’ trait anxiety and cognitive appraisal and burnout; and (b) cognitive appraisal mediates the relationship between trait a...

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Published inScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports Vol. 27; no. 12; pp. 2116 - 2126
Main Authors Gomes, A. Rui, Faria, S., Vilela, C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Denmark John Wiley and Sons 01.12.2017
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Anxiety
Burnout
Children & youth
Ciências Sociais
Cognitive appraisal
Cognitive psychology
Psicologia
Science & Technology
Sports psychology
Trait anxiety
Young athletes
cognitive appraisal
burnout
trait anxiety
young athletes
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Summary:This study tested the relationship between trait anxiety, cognitive appraisal, and athletes’ burnout proposing two hypotheses: (a) there is a direct relationship between athletes’ trait anxiety and cognitive appraisal and burnout; and (b) cognitive appraisal mediates the relationship between trait anxiety and burnout and this mediation occurs despite the competitive level and sport records of athletes. The study included 673 young athletes and provided measures of trait anxiety, cognitive appraisal, and burnout. Structural equation modelling indicated that cognitive appraisal mediates the relationship between trait anxiety and burnout, confirming hypothesis 2, and this model provided better fit than the direct model of hypothesis 1. However, the mediation also indicated that the direct relationship between trait anxiety and burnout should be considered. The mediating model was invariant according to competitive levels and sport records. In conclusion, cognitive appraisal is an important variable in explaining athletes’ burnout. This study was conducted at Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds and co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653), and "Guimaraes, European City of Sport 2013".
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This study was conducted at Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds and co‐financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI‐01‐0145‐FEDER‐007653), and “Guimarães, European City of Sport 2013”.
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ISSN:0905-7188
1600-0838
DOI:10.1111/sms.12841