The relationship between competitive anxiety and athlete burnout in college athlete: the mediating roles of competence and autonomy : [Author]

Yang L 1 , Zhang Z 2 , Zhang J 3 , Veloo A 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Sports Training College, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
  • 2 Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, UCSI University, Kuala Lum pur, 56000, Malaysia. 1002268001@ucsiuniversity.edu.my
  • 3 Department of Physical Education, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang, 641100, Sichuan, China
  • 4 School of Education and Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Bukit Kayu, Hitam, 06010, Malaysia
BMC Psychol, 2024 Jul 17;12(1):396.
PMID: 39020424 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-01888-2

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the cognitive-affective model of athlete burnout, anxiety is a key physiological response to stress that influences the development of burnout in athletes. Despite its importance, there has been little research on the relationship between competitive anxiety and athlete burnout, particularly regarding the mediating mechanisms. This study aimed to explore the relationship between competitive anxiety and athlete burnout, with a focus on the mediating role of general need satisfaction from self-determination theory.

METHODS: The current study employed a cross-sectional design involving 618 college athletes (354 females, mean age 20.57 years), comprising 303 participants in individual sports and 315 in team sports. These participants completed the Sport Anxiety Scale-2 (SAS-2), the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ), and the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Scale in General (BPNSS-G) online. Subsequently, correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were conducted using SPSS and JASP to examine the relationships between the variables.

RESULTS: Regression results indicated that somatic anxiety (beta = 0.116, t = 2.21, p = 0.028) and concentration disruption (beta = 0.259, t = 5.35, p 

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