TITLE:
Optimism and Burnout in Competitive Sport
AUTHORS:
Rosendo Berengüí, Enrique J. Garcés de los Fayos Ruiz, Francisco J. Ortín Montero, Ricardo de la Vega Marcos, José María López Gullón
KEYWORDS:
Optimism; Burnout; Athletic Competition
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.4 No.9A,
September
27,
2013
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to analyze the
relationship between optimism and burnout in the context of athletic
competition. The sample was composed of 227 athletes that competed in wrestling
at Spain’s national level. For the assessment of constructs, the Spanish
version by Otero et al. (1998) of the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R)
was utilized, as well as the Inventario de Burnout para Deportistas (IBD),
which was an adaptation for athletic populations by Garcés de Los Fayos (1999)
of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) (Maslach & Jackson, 1981). The
results demonstrate a relationship between optimism and the three dimensions of
burnout, in which the athletes who are more optimistic demonstrate less
emotional exhaustion, less depersonalization, and a greater perception of
personal accomplishment in their athletic performance.