Page, Tracey (2010) Self-Determined Motivation, Overtraining and Athlete Burnout, in Rural, Remote and Regional Adolescent Athletes. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between self-determined motivation, overtraining and athlete burnout using pre-elite and non-elite adolescent athletes living in rural, remote, and regional areas. One hundred and sixty-eight participants were selected using purposive sampling. There were 23 non-elite and 145 pre-elite athletes ranging in age from 13 to 18 years (M = 15.26, SD = 1.52). Self-determined motivation was measured using the Sports Motivation Scale (SMS), overtraining was measured using the Short Overtraining Symptoms Questionnaire (SOSQ), and athlete burnout was measured using the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ). Results revealed that lower levels of intrinsic motivation were associated with higher levels of overtraining, sports devaluation, reduced sense of accomplishment, and global athlete burnout. Lower levels of controlled extrinsic motivation were found to be associated with higher levels of physical and emotional exhaustion, sports devaluation, and global athlete burnout. Lower levels of amotivation were found to be associated with high levels of overtraining, physical and emotional exhaustion, reduced sense of accomplishment, sports devaluation and global athlete burnout. Overtraining, intrinsic motivation, controlled extrinsic motivation, and amotivation were found to significantly predict all three aspects of athlete burnout as well as global athlete burnout. Overtraining was found to significantly contribute to physical and emotional exhaustion. Controlled extrinsic motivation and amotivation, were found to significantly contribute to reduced sense of accomplishment. Overtraining and amotivation were found to significantly contribute to sports devaluation. Overtraining and amotivation were found to significantly contribute to global athlete burnout. This study has highlighted the lack of research into the relationship between self-determined motivation, overtraining and athlete burnout, particularly in non-elite and pre-elite adolescent athletes and the need for more adequate measures of self-determined motivation. Future research into this relationship, with more succinct measures of the self-determination continuum is imperative. Knowledge of how self-determined motivation contributes to the susceptibility of overtraining and athlete burnout is vital to the quest of counteracting the numerous detrimental physical and psychological impacts these conditions have on the well-being of non-elite and pre-elite adolescent athletes.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
| Supervisors: | Lamont-Mills, Andrea |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Psychology) |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2026 01:24 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2026 01:24 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52645 |
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