Burnout and Perceived Performance Among Junior Athletes—Associations with Affective and Cognitive Components of Stress
Frode Moen,
Maria Hrozanova,
Tore C. Stiles,
Frode Stenseng
Affiliations
Frode Moen
Centre for Elite Sports Research, Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Maria Hrozanova
Centre for Elite Sports Research, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Tore C. Stiles
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Frode Stenseng
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
The current study investigated associations between cognitive components such as psychological resilience and perceived stress, and affective components such as positive and negative affect, and athlete burnout and perceived performance among 670 Norwegian junior athletes attending high schools specialized for sports. A hypothesized model of the relations between the constructs was analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM). The results in the current study show that athlete resilience is a key in understanding athlete burnout and perceived performance, and that cognitive (perceived stress) and affective reactions (negative and positive affect) are important mediators in this process.
