Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Burnout is a significant concern among collegiate athletes, who experience substantial physical, psychological, academic, and social demands (Schlimmer & Chin, 2018). Athletics could be considered a college athletes job/workplace due to the amount of time and energy spent in that setting. Guided by the Job Demands-Resources (JDR) Model, this study examines the relationships among sport demands, performance anxiety, burnout, and parental warmth in collegiate athletes (Demerouti et al., 2001). Specifically, the study investigates whether sport demands are positively associated with burnout and performance anxiety, whether performance anxiety is positively associated with burnout, and whether performance anxiety mediates the relationship between sport demands and burnout. Additionally, the study examines whether parental warmth moderates the relationships between sport demands and performance anxiety, performance anxiety and burnout, and sport demands and burnout. The sample will consist of current collegiate athletes aged 18 and older competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) or National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) level. Participants will be recruited through social media, snowball sampling, and Prolific (if needed). Data collection is in progress through a Qualtrics survey using a cross-sectional design. Measures will include the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) and Burnout Assessment Tool-GS (BAT-GS) to assess burnout, the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) to assess performance anxiety, the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) to assess perceived maternal and paternal warmth during childhood, the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) to assess sport demands, and the Social Provisions (SPS) and Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q) to measure coach and teammate support. Demographic and sport-related information will also be collected. Hypotheses will be tested using moderated mediation analyses conducted with the jAMM package in Jamovi (Galluci, 2020). It is expected that higher sport demands will be associated with greater performance anxiety and burnout, and that greater performance anxiety will be associated with greater burnout. Performance anxiety is expected to mediate the relationship between sport demands and burnout. Higher levels of parental warmth are expected to weaken these relationships, consistent with the JDR Model's conceptualization of social support as a potential resource. Findings may contribute to understanding factors associated with burnout in collegiate athletes and may inform efforts by athletic departments, clinicians, coaches, and families to identify potential risk and protective factors related to athlete well-being.
Date
November 2026
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
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License
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Burnout in College Athletes: The Roles of Demands, Performance Anxiety, and Parental Warmth
Burnout is a significant concern among collegiate athletes, who experience substantial physical, psychological, academic, and social demands (Schlimmer & Chin, 2018). Athletics could be considered a college athletes job/workplace due to the amount of time and energy spent in that setting. Guided by the Job Demands-Resources (JDR) Model, this study examines the relationships among sport demands, performance anxiety, burnout, and parental warmth in collegiate athletes (Demerouti et al., 2001). Specifically, the study investigates whether sport demands are positively associated with burnout and performance anxiety, whether performance anxiety is positively associated with burnout, and whether performance anxiety mediates the relationship between sport demands and burnout. Additionally, the study examines whether parental warmth moderates the relationships between sport demands and performance anxiety, performance anxiety and burnout, and sport demands and burnout. The sample will consist of current collegiate athletes aged 18 and older competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) or National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) level. Participants will be recruited through social media, snowball sampling, and Prolific (if needed). Data collection is in progress through a Qualtrics survey using a cross-sectional design. Measures will include the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) and Burnout Assessment Tool-GS (BAT-GS) to assess burnout, the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) to assess performance anxiety, the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) to assess perceived maternal and paternal warmth during childhood, the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) to assess sport demands, and the Social Provisions (SPS) and Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q) to measure coach and teammate support. Demographic and sport-related information will also be collected. Hypotheses will be tested using moderated mediation analyses conducted with the jAMM package in Jamovi (Galluci, 2020). It is expected that higher sport demands will be associated with greater performance anxiety and burnout, and that greater performance anxiety will be associated with greater burnout. Performance anxiety is expected to mediate the relationship between sport demands and burnout. Higher levels of parental warmth are expected to weaken these relationships, consistent with the JDR Model's conceptualization of social support as a potential resource. Findings may contribute to understanding factors associated with burnout in collegiate athletes and may inform efforts by athletic departments, clinicians, coaches, and families to identify potential risk and protective factors related to athlete well-being.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology