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The roles of the talent development environment on athlete burnout: a qualitative study

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posted on 2016-12-16, 11:20 authored by Chunxiao Li, C.K. John Wang, Do Young PyunDo Young Pyun
Grounded on basic psychological needs theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), this qualitative study investigated the impacts of the talent development environmental factors on athlete burnout. Talented youth athletes with high and low burnout levels (n = 38; each group had 19 participants) were recruited to attend focus-group interviews. Thematic analysis led to five environmental themes: long-term development focus, holistic quality preparation, support network, communication, and alignment of expectations. Athletes with high burnout levels were likely to experience more detrimental and less conducive talent development environmental antecedents compared to those who were with low burnout levels. It was concluded that the talent development environmental factors are important antecedents for burnout prevention.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

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International Journal of Sport Psychology

Citation

LI, C., WANG, C. and PYUN, D., 2017. The roles of the talent development environment on athlete burnout: a qualitative study. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 48(2), pp. 143-164.

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Luigi Pozzi

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2017

Notes

This paper was published in the journal International Journal of Sport Psychology.

ISSN

0047-0767

Language

  • en

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