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Fear of failure, psychological stress, and burnout among adolescent athletes competing in high level sport
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Health Sciences (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4495-6819
Leeds Beckett Univ, Fac Hlth & Social Sci, England.
Umeå universitet.
2017 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, ISSN 0905-7188, E-ISSN 1600-0838, Vol. 27, no 12, p. 2091-2102Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The purpose of this study was to investigate fear of failure in highly competitive junior athletes and the association with psychological stress and burnout. In total 258 athletes (152 males and 108 females) ranged in age from 15 to 19years (M=17.4years, SD=1.08) participated. Athletes competed in variety of sports including both team and individual sports. Results showed in a variable-oriented approach using regression analyses that one dimension, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment had a statistically significant effect on perceived psychological stress and one dimension of burnout, reduced sense of accomplishment. However, adopting a person-oriented approach using latent class analysis, we found that athletes with high levels of fear failure on all dimensions scored high on burnout. We also found another class with high scores on burnout. These athletes had high scores on the individual-oriented dimensions of fear of failure and low scores on the other oriented fear of failure dimensions. The findings indicate that fear of failure is related to burnout and psychological stress in athletes and that this association is mainly associated with the individual-oriented dimensions of fear of failure.

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Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. Vol. 27, no 12, p. 2091-2102
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Sports Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-65932DOI: 10.1111/sms.12797ISI: 000416411800059PubMedID: 27882607OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-65932DiVA, id: diva2:1177647
Available from: 2018-01-25 Created: 2018-01-25 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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