The causal model of elite athletes' burnout based on athletes' perfectionism during the Covid-19: the mediating role of coaching style
Subject Areas : PsychologySahar Zarei 1 , Mahmoud Mohebi 2 , Hassan Garayagh Zandi 3
1 - Department of Motor Behavior and Sports Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: COVID-19, Personality, Burnout, Elite athletes, Coaching style.,
Abstract :
Burnout encompassed a host of medical, psychological, emotional and performance-related issues that can always be affected by individual and coach factors in elite athletes; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and burnout, mediated by perceived coaching style in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic. In this cross-sectional study, 258 elite athletes (M= 22.05 years, SD= 3.08; 148 male) participated and completed scales of multidimensional perfectionism, athlete burnout and coaching style. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics by structural equation modeling. The results indicate that direct paths perfectionism to burnout, perfectionism to coaching style, coaching style to burnout, and indirect pathways to perfectionism to burnout were mediating by coaching style, significant. The results indicate that during the COVID 19, athletes who are less able to organize performance standards and expectations of themselves and others, and who are more committed to meeting external demands, are at higher risk of burnout. One could develop coach-education programmes that challenge beliefs regarding the effectiveness of controlling coaching behaviors to reduce perfectionist tendencies and expectations in athletes. In doing so, one might curtail the risk of burnout in athlete during the COVID 19.
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