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Implicit and explicit attitudes towards sport among young elite athletes with high versus low burnout symptoms

Gerber, Markus and Brand, Ralf and Antoniewicz, Franziska and Isoard-Gautheur, Sandrine and Gustafsson, Henrik and Bianchi, Renzo and Colledge, Flora and Madigan, Daniel J. and Brand, Serge and Ludyga, Sebastian. (2019) Implicit and explicit attitudes towards sport among young elite athletes with high versus low burnout symptoms. Journal of sports sciences, 37 (14). pp. 1673-1680.

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Abstract

The development of cynical attitudes towards elite sport is a core symptom of athlete burnout and has been associated with dropout from elite sport. To date, this phenomenon has mainly been studied by investigating explicit attitudes towards sport, whereas athletes' automatic evaluations (i.e. implicit attitudes) that have been shown to influence behavior as well were not considered. This study aimed to compare explicit and implicit attitudes towards sport of young elite athletes with high (; N; = 24) versus low (; N; = 26) burnout symptoms. Using self-reported measures, general and athlete burnout symptoms were assessed. Additionally, a single-target implicit association test was administered to examine participants' automatic evaluation of sport. Statistical analysis revealed greater emotional/physical exhaustion and sport devaluation in athletes reporting high compared to low burnout symptoms. Implicit attitudes towards sport did not significantly differ between the groups. Furthermore, no significant correlations were observed between different athlete burnout symptoms and implicit attitudes. Athletes with high burnout symptoms show a tendency to explicitly detach themselves from sport, thus fostering sport devaluation as a core symptom of athlete burnout. However, this process does not seem to be reflected in their implicit attitudes towards sport.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit > Bereich Sportwissenschaft > Sportwissenschaften (PĆ¼hse)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit > Bereich Sportwissenschaft > Sport und psychosoziale Gesundheit (Gerber)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Psychiatrie (Klinik) > Erwachsenenpsychiatrie UPK > Klinische Stress- und Traumaforschung (Holsboer-Trachsler)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Psychiatrie (Klinik) > Erwachsenenpsychiatrie UPK > Klinische Stress- und Traumaforschung (Holsboer-Trachsler)
UniBasel Contributors:Brand, Serge and Gerber, Markus and Colledge, Flora and Ludyga, Sebastian
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1466-447X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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