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Burnout in Sport: Understanding the Process: From Early Warning
Signs to Individualized Intervention
“…a candle which once glowed brightly, began to flicker, and eventually extinguished”
(Raedeke et al, 2002, p.182)
Chapter 22
Kate Goodger, David Lavallee, Trish Gorely, & Chris Harwood
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What do athletes say?“Maybe 14 is too young to handle everything emotionally and I needed to escape from the expectation of being able to win every tournament I entered. I was always expected to be at the top and if I didn't win, to me that meant I was a loser. If I played terrible I thought I could handle it, but really I couldn't. I felt no-one liked me as a person. I was depressed and sad and lonely and guilty….I burned out.
After the US Open I spent a week in bed in darkness, just hating everything. When I looked in the mirror I saw this distorted image. I just wanted to kill myself. I'm not addicted to drugs, but you could say I was an addict to my own pain. I had this sarcasm about everything. I was depressed and sad and lonely and guilty.”
Jennifer Capriati (2001)
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Lecture Outline• What is burnout?
• Burnout, dropout, overtraining and staleness
• Theories of burnout
• Burnout research
• Interventions
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‘…a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced sense of performance accomplishment that can occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity’ (Maslach & Jackson, 1984 p. 134).
Defining Burnout …not an easy task
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Burnout in Sport
‘……a psychological, emotional and at times physical withdrawal from a formerly pursued and enjoyable activity in response to excessive stress or dissatisfaction’ (Smith, 1986 p.39).
‘A withdrawal from swimming noted by a reduced sense of accomplishment, devaluation/resentment of sport, and physical/psychological exhaustion’ (Raedeke, Lunney & Venables, 2002 p.181).
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The Three Dimensions of Burnout
• Emotional Exhaustion – Intense training and competition
• Devaluation/Depersonalisation – Loss of interest and resentment
• Reduced Accomplishment – Achieving below expectations and not meeting personal targets
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Understanding the language
• Dropout
• Overtraining
• Staleness
• Burnout
They are related but are not the same
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Dropout
Withdrawal from an activity –
• Burnout differs from other forms of drop out because -
ExhaustionNegative Attitude
• Burnout is one possible reason for drop out
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Burnout and related conditions
• Overtraining‘…a syndrome that results when excessive, usually physical, overload on an athlete occurs without adequate rest’ (US Olympic Committee Task Force cited in Gould and Dieffenbach, 2002 p.25).
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Burnout and related conditions
• Staleness‘…a significant performance decrement that persisted for at least two weeks, and that without a doubt was caused by too much physical training (i.e., not by illness or injury)’ (Kentta, Hassmen & Raglin, 2001 p.461).
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Signs, Symptoms and Consequences of Burnout*
• Summary of the Burnout Syndrome in Sport
• Early signs – ‘at risk’• Symptoms• Potential consequences• Potential strategies
*Cresswell & Eklund (2003)
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The Process
Overtraining
Staleness
Burnout
Dropout
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Modern Sport – A burnout ripe climate?
‘Pressure to win and train year round with vigour and intensity has increased dramatically in recent years, due in large part to the tremendous financial rewards, publicity, and status achieved by successful coaches and athletes’.
(Gould and Weinberg, 1999)
Blurring of the season and off season
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Models of Burnout
1. Cognitive Affective Stress Model (Smith, 1986)
2. Investment Model (Schmidt & Stein, 1991)
3. Unidimensional Identity Development and
External Control Model (Coakley, 1992)
4. Negative Training Stress Response Model (Silva, 1990)
5. Stress and Recovery Model (Kallus & Kellmann, 2000)
6. Under-recovery and overtraining (Kentta & Hassmen, 1998)
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Cognitive Affective Stress Model (Smith, 1986)
Personality and Motivational Factors
Situation
Demands
Resources
Cognitive Appraisal
Of demands Of resources Consequences
Physical Responses
Arousal Activation
Coping Behaviour
Coping efforts Response Behaviours
Situation
High or conflicting demands
Overload
Low social support
Cognitive Appraisal
Perceived overload
Perceived lack of control
Helplessness
Physical Responses
Tension & anger Anxiety & depression Fatigue Insomnia Illness
Coping Behaviour Decreased performance Withdrawal Interpersonal
difficulties Inappropriate behaviour
STRESS
BURNOUT
Stage I Stage IIStage III Stage IV
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Investment Model (Schmidt & Stein, 1991)
Conditions Commitment Commitment Dropout
(enjoyment based) (burnout/entrapped)
Rewards Increasing (or high) Decreasing Decreasing
Costs Low Increasing Increasing
Satisfaction High Decreasing Decreasing
Alternatives Low Low Increasing
Investments High High (or Decreasing
increasing)
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Unidimensional Identity (Coakley, 1992)
Burnout is a social problem grounded in the
way sport is organised
Identity foreclosure
Loss of autonomy
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Negative Training Stress Response Model (Silva, 1990)
• Focused on responses to physical training
• Positive and negative adaptations to training
• Burnout = Negative adaptation
• Continuum notion
Staleness Overtraining Burnout
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New Multidimensional Era: Stress & Recovery Model*
• Explains relationship between staleness, overtraining, recovery, stress, burnout, coping, and mood
• Psychological, sociological and physiological framework
• Burnout is a product of accumulating stress without sufficient recovery
*Kallus & Kellmann (2000)
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Under-recovery and Overtraining*
• Quality recovery
• Staleness – ‘a severe outcome resulting from the imbalance between total stress and total recovery, which is largely determined by the overall capacity (stress tolerance) of the individual’ (Kentta, 2001, p.41)
Kentta & Hassmen (1998)
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Kentta & Hassmen (cont.)
• Psychosociophysiological perspective
• Adaptation/Maladaptation –Stress (training and non-training)
Recovery (quality of)
Stress tolerance (capacity to cope stress)
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Monitoring BurnoutSelf-Report Measures • Eades Athlete Burnout Inventory (Eades, 1992) • Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach and
Jackson, 1981) • Athlete Burnout Questionnaire ABQ (Raedeke
and Smith, 2001)
Interviews • Gould et al., (1996a & b, & 1997); Coakley
(1992)
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ResearchCoaches, Officials, Directors and Trainers
• Job stress, role ambiguity, social support, role conflict, hardiness, commitment, age, gender, experience
• Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Softball, Baseball, Track and Field, Wrestling
• Vast majority of research is of non-elite coaches
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Research on CoachesPrice and Weiss (2000) Coach burnout, coaching behaviors, andathletes’ psychological responses
N =193 f soccer players and 15 head coaches (HS)
• Players perceptions of coach behaviour • Impact of coach behaviour on psych outcomes of
athletes (e.g. anxiety, enjoyment and burnout)
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ResultsHigh EE = Less training/instruction and social support, and making fewer autocratic decisions.
DP and RPA = not related to coach behaviour
Lower perceived competence and enjoyment, and higher anxiety and burnout, associated with less frequent training/instruction, social support, and positive feedback.
These were generally characteristics of coaches experiencing high levels of burnout.
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Vealey, Armstrong and Comar (1998)
Examined the influence of perceived coaching behavior and burnout on competitive anxiety in female college athletes
Findings– Coach burnout was significantly related to perceived
coaching behaviors.– Perceived coaching behavior was predictive of athletes
burnout– Athletes anxiety and athlete burnout were significantly
related
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Research
Athletes
• Perfectionism, motivation, commitment, anxiety, coping, parental influence
• Swimming and tennis
• Majority of athletes are North American
• Gould et al (1996 a and b, 1997)
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Barriers to Research and Understanding
• Limited empirical base
• No agreed definition
• Lack of valid and reliable assessment tool
• Finding subjects
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Interventions
• Gould et al (1996b)– Advice for other players– Advice for parents– Advice for coaches
• Cresswell & Eklund (2003a)– Potential strategies– Personal and organiszational level
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Interventions (cont.)Common themes• Identify the early warning signs – prevention
is better than cure• Involve athletes in decision making• Schedule time outs• Quality recovery and management of training
regimes• Utilize athlete input – listen• Coach and parent support• Make it fun – enjoyment is critical• Time and lifestyle management