Perfectionism and Athlete Burnout in Elite Sports: The Mediating Role o

Over the past few decades, American society has bend more and more obsessed on executeance outcomes and winning creation decl ard the best has become most important (Crain, 2004). Winning is a good deal viewed as an all or nothing virtue, whereby greatness is a descriptive term reserved only for those whose names appear at the exculpate of the list (Hanchon, 2011). This evolving mindset communicates to our youth that despite his or her efforts, only the lowest results matter. For many individuals the ideas of achievement, excellence, and self-worth have become elevatedly dependent upon the perceived outcomes of the competitions or events in which they engage (Hanchon, 2011). Outperforming ones competitors serves as the defining attribute of success or excellence, which in turn, appears to serve as a differentiate determinant in the individuals self-assessment of life satisfaction (Harackiewicz, Barron, & Elliot, 1998). variant performance is mediated by positive and negat ive variables the pressure to perform for a result leads to the negative variable of higher expectations on the athlete. straining and the pressure to perform are both contributing factors to higher anxiousness levels, overtraining, and burnout in athletes (Weinberg & Gould, 2007). In some cases, higher expectations also appear to enlarge the amount of stress an athlete may experience, and higher levels of stress are generally related to higher levels of state anxiety and burnout (Jones & Hanton, 1996 Raedeke & Smith, 2001). BurnoutFear of failures, frustration, high expectations, anxiety, and other pressures to perform are all stresses identified as creation related to burnout (Dale & Weinberg, 1990). Burnout has been addressed in the Old Testament (Exodus 1817-18), in which ... ...ation and affect on elite athlete burnout susceptibility. daybook of looseness and turn Psychology, 28, 32-48. Lonsdale, C., Hodge, K., Rose, E. (2009). Athlete burnout in elite sport A self-de termination perspective. Journal of turns Sciences, 27, 785-795.Raedeke, T. D. (1997). Is athlete burnout more than stress? A commitment perspective. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19, 396-417.Raedeke, T. D., & Smith, A. L. (2001). Development and preliminary validation of an athlete burnout measure. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 23, 281-306.Vallerand, R. J. (2008). On the psychology of passion in search of what makes flocks lives most worth living. Canadian Psychology, 49, 1-13.Weinberg, R. S., & Gould, D, (2007). Foundation of sport and make out psychology (4th ed.). Chapter21 Burnout and Overtraining (pp. 489-509). Champaign, IL Human