Influence of Basic Psychological Needs over Burnout in the Sport Context

María Del Pilar Vílchez Conesa, Francisco Parra Plaza, Constantino Arce and Cristina De Francisco
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María Del Pilar Vílchez Conesa: Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain
Francisco Parra Plaza: Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain
Constantino Arce: Department of Social and Basic Psychology and Methodology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Cristina De Francisco: Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-13

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship among basic psychological needs and burnout in a sample of athletes (N = 639). It was hypothesized that psychological needs satisfaction was negatively associated with burnout syndrome and the frustration of these needs related positively. Burnout was measured with the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ), satisfaction of basic psychological needs with the Basic Needs Satisfaction in Sport Scale (BNSSS), and frustration with the Psychological Needs Thwarting Scale (PNTS). Data analysis was conducted under the approach of structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that satisfaction of basic psychological needs had a negative direct effect on burnout of −0.67 ( p < 0.001) while the frustration of these needs had a direct effect of 0.18 ( p < 0.001). In addition, the total model explained 59% of the total variance of burnout. All individual parameters of the model were statistically significant and the overall fit of the model was satisfactory. It can be concluded that satisfying the basic psychological needs of the athletes can protect them against burnout.

Keywords: burnout; basic psychological needs; athletes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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