The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout
Previous studies suggested that athletes’ psychological capital level is related to life stress and burnout. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the influences of university baseball athletes’ psychological capital on their life stress and burnout and provide practical suggestions fo...
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| description | Previous studies suggested that athletes’ psychological capital level is related to life stress and burnout. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the influences of university baseball athletes’ psychological capital on their life stress and burnout and provide practical suggestions for athletes and coaches to reduce their life stress and burnout. In this study, we used athletes’ control variables (grade, year of training experience, and training days per week) and psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience) to predict their life stress and burnout. A total of 428 division I baseball athletes from 16 teams of the national college baseball sports league in Taiwan participated in this survey, with a return rate of 89.2%. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to test the relationships among the above-mentioned variables. The results showed that the athletes demographics such as grade (β = 0.03, <i>p</i> > 0.05) and years of baseball training experience (β = 0.00, <i>p</i> > 0.05) had no significant influences on athlete burnout, while the days of baseball training per week (β = 0.32, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had a positive influence on athlete burnout. As for psychological capital, self-efficacy (β = −0.09, <i>p</i> < 0.05), hope (β = −0.27, <i>p</i> < 0.05), and optimism (β = −0.20, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had negative influences on life stress, while resilience (β = −0.07, <i>p</i> > 0.05) had no significant influences on life stress. Hope (β = −0.20, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had negative influences on athlete burnout, while self-efficacy (β = −0.00, <i>p</i> > 0.05), optimism (β = −0.06, <i>p</i> > 0.05), and resilience (β = −0.01, <i>p</i> > 0.05) had no significant influences on athlete burnout. Life stress (β = 0.52, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had significant influences on the burnout. Based on our research findings, suggestions were made to reduce the athletes’ life stress and athlete burnout. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-295d80b4009a4f9aa9b193870fdc0f452023-11-19T00:16:09ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-07-0113861710.3390/bs13080617The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete BurnoutMeng-Hua Yang0Kai-Feng Hsueh1Chia-Ming Chang2Huey-Hong Hsieh3Department of Physical Education, Health & Recreation, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 621, TaiwanDepartment of Leisure and Sport Management, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsuing 833, TaiwanDepartment of Physical Education, Health & Recreation, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 621, TaiwanNoah Global Solutions, 610 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USAPrevious studies suggested that athletes’ psychological capital level is related to life stress and burnout. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the influences of university baseball athletes’ psychological capital on their life stress and burnout and provide practical suggestions for athletes and coaches to reduce their life stress and burnout. In this study, we used athletes’ control variables (grade, year of training experience, and training days per week) and psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience) to predict their life stress and burnout. A total of 428 division I baseball athletes from 16 teams of the national college baseball sports league in Taiwan participated in this survey, with a return rate of 89.2%. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to test the relationships among the above-mentioned variables. The results showed that the athletes demographics such as grade (β = 0.03, <i>p</i> > 0.05) and years of baseball training experience (β = 0.00, <i>p</i> > 0.05) had no significant influences on athlete burnout, while the days of baseball training per week (β = 0.32, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had a positive influence on athlete burnout. As for psychological capital, self-efficacy (β = −0.09, <i>p</i> < 0.05), hope (β = −0.27, <i>p</i> < 0.05), and optimism (β = −0.20, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had negative influences on life stress, while resilience (β = −0.07, <i>p</i> > 0.05) had no significant influences on life stress. Hope (β = −0.20, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had negative influences on athlete burnout, while self-efficacy (β = −0.00, <i>p</i> > 0.05), optimism (β = −0.06, <i>p</i> > 0.05), and resilience (β = −0.01, <i>p</i> > 0.05) had no significant influences on athlete burnout. Life stress (β = 0.52, <i>p</i> < 0.05) had significant influences on the burnout. Based on our research findings, suggestions were made to reduce the athletes’ life stress and athlete burnout.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/8/617sports psychological capitalathlete burnoutlife stressuniversity athlete students |
| spellingShingle | Meng-Hua Yang Kai-Feng Hsueh Chia-Ming Chang Huey-Hong Hsieh The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout Behavioral Sciences sports psychological capital athlete burnout life stress university athlete students |
| title | The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout |
| title_full | The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout |
| title_fullStr | The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout |
| title_short | The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout |
| title_sort | influences of sports psychological capital to university baseball athletes life stress and athlete burnout |
| topic | sports psychological capital athlete burnout life stress university athlete students |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/8/617 |
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