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Burnout profiles among esports players: Associations with mental toughness and resilience
Journal of sports sciences, Vol.42(18), pp.1685-1694
22/09/2024
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Abstract
The present study investigated burnout among esports players and its association with mental toughness and resilience. Esports players (N = 453; Mage = 23.0, SD = 4.18; in the top 40% of in-game rank) from seven team-based esports completed the Athlete Burnout Scale (ABO-S), Mental Toughness Questionnaire 18 (MTQ-18), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10). Latent profile analysis identified three distinct burnout profiles: "low burnout risk" (LBR; 33.8%), "medium burnout risk" (MBR; 28.0%), and "high burnout risk" (HBR; 38.3%). Low burnout profiles were associated with higher mental toughness and resilience. The LBR profile was characterized by low levels of reduced accomplishment (RA), physical exhaustion (PE), and negative feelings (NF), while [MBR and HBR reported similar PE and NF scores but] differed in RA, with HBR showing the highest RA and total burnout. This study is the first to show distinct burnout profiles among esports players, indicating a significant prevalence of burnout symptoms. This should be monitored by both players and support staff (e.g. club managers, programme managers, and high-performance support staff). Additionally, mental toughness and resilience appear to play a protective role against burnout.
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- Title
- Burnout profiles among esports players: Associations with mental toughness and resilience
- Creators
- Dylan R Poulus (Author) - Physical Activity, Sport, and Exercise Research Theme, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Australia, Manna Institute, Southern Cross University, AustraliaJack Sargeant (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityDaniel Zarate (Author) - RMIT UniversityMark D. Griffiths (Author) - Nottingham Trent UniversityVasileios Stavropoulos (Author) - RMIT University
- Publication Details
- Journal of sports sciences, Vol.42(18), pp.1685-1694
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Number of pages
- 10
- Identifiers
- 991013224927902368
- Copyright
- © 2024 The Author(s)
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article