The relationship between passion, basic psychological needs satisfaction and athlete burnout: examining direct and indirect effects
Abstract
Athlete burnout symptoms are detrimental to athlete well-being. Obsessive passion has been identified as an antecedent of athlete burnout, with basic psychological need satisfaction potentially mediating this process. The aim of the current research was to extend on previous work and examine whether the relationship between passion and athlete burnout was mediated by psychological need satisfaction in a heterogeneous sample. Participants were 120 competitive athletes (Mage = 22.04, SD = 5.83) from 21 different sports. Each participant completed the Passion Scale, Basic Psychological Needs in Sport Scale, and the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire. Multiple regression and bootstrapping procedures were used to analyze the data. Passion (harmonious and obsessive) was found to share a significant relationship with sport devaluation but shared no significant relationship with emotional and physical exhaustion and reduced sense of accomplishment. Bootstrapping results suggested that the basic psychological need of autonomy was the only significant mediating variable in the relationship between passion (harmonious and obsessive) and burnout (sport devaluation). Potential antecedents and consequences of athlete burnout, alongside applied and conceptual implications are discussed.Citation
Kent, S., Kingston, K. and Paradis, K.F. (2018) The relationship between passion, basic psychological needs satisfaction and athlete burnout: examining direct and indirect effects, Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 12(1), pp. 75-96.Publisher
Human KineticsJournal
Journal of Clinical Sport PsychologyType
Journal articleLanguage
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Human Kinetics in Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology on 03/03/2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2017-0030 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
1932-9261EISSN
1932-927Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1123/jcsp.2017-0030
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