Watson, Karen (2010) Relationships Between Athlete Burnout, Overtraining and Social Support. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The current study investigated the relationships between athlete burnout, overtraining and social support in non-elite and pre-elite adolescent athletes from regional, rural and remote areas of Australia. A sample of 30 male and 26 female adolescent athletes (13- 18 yrs; N = 56) were sourced from a school in NSW and the researcher’s private network. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, and three questionnaires that measured: (a) athlete burnout (Athlete Burnout Questionnaire; ABQ), (b) overtraining (Short Overtraining Questionnaire; SOSQ), and (c) social support (Child and Adolescent Social Support Questionnaire; CASSS). Findings indicated that overtraining was positively related to global burnout and all three dimensions of athlete burnout (exhaustion, reduced accomplishment, and sport devaluation). Overall social support was also negatively related to global athlete burnout and the athlete burnout dimensions of exhaustion and reduced accomplishment. No significant relationship was found between social support and sport devaluation. Overall social support was also found to be negatively related to overtraining. Results also showed that global athlete burnout was negatively related to social support from parents, coaches, and teammates. Exhaustion was negatively related to social support from parents, and reduced accomplishment was negatively related to social support from parents, coaches, and team mates. Overtraining was negatively related to social support from parents, and coaches. Sport devaluation was not significantly related to any sources of social support; and social support from friends was not significantly related to overtraining, athlete burnout or any dimensions of athlete burnout. This study suggests that social support from significant others within an adolescent athlete’s sporting environment, can impact upon overtraining and athlete burnout, if it occurs before an athlete reaches the stage of devaluing their sport. This knowledge can be applied to content and timing of intervention or prevention programs for athlete burnout in adolescent non-elite and pre-elite athletes.
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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 03:12 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2026 03:12 |
| 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/52860 |
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