Athlete Burnout

Abstract

This chapter lays conceptual groundwork on athlete burnout as a psychosocial construct from a historical perspective, focusing on the seminal theory and research on the syndrome conceptualization. It reviews what is known to date about key antecedents of athlete burnout from cross-sectional studies before highlighting key studies exemplifying the recent shift toward longitudinal research. The chapter highlights some potential limitations of the extant athlete burnout literature, which inform innovative future research directions. The Athlete Burnout Questionnaire operationalization of the athlete burnout syndrome has been crucial to efforts to advance knowledge on burnout among athletes. Prior to its development, measurement limitations had been a central difficulty in efforts to gain a greater understanding of athlete burnout. The approximately 30 years of research on athlete burnout today has brought social scientists' understanding of the construct a long way from early anecdotal accounts of its existence by athletes, coaches, and onlookers in sport.

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