The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The Relationships of Athletes’ Demographics and Athlete Burnout
1.2. The Relationships of Athletes’ Sports PsyCap and Life Stress
1.3. The Relationship of Athletes’ Sports PsyCap and Athlete Burnout
1.4. The Relationship of Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.2.1. Sports PsyCap Scale
2.2.2. Life Stress Scale
2.2.3. Athlete Burnout Scale
2.2.4. Demographics
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Measurement Model
3.2. Hypothesis Test Results
3.3. Explanatory Power
4. Discussion
4.1. Demographic Variables and Athlete Burnout
4.2. Sports PsyCap and Life Stress
4.3. Sports PsyCap, Life Stress and Athlete Burnout
5. Conclusions and Suggestions
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Suggestions
5.3. Implications for Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Category | n | % |
---|---|---|---|
Grade | Freshman | 158 | 36.9 |
Sophomore | 111 | 25.9 | |
Junior | 82 | 19.2 | |
Senior | 77 | 18.0 | |
Training experiences (years) | 1–5 | 16 | 3.7 |
6–10 | 252 | 58.9 | |
11–15 | 155 | 36.2 | |
Above 15 | 5 | 1.2 | |
Training days per week | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
3 | 115 | 26.9 | |
4 | 123 | 28.7 | |
5 | 108 | 25.2 | |
6 | 80 | 18.7 |
Construct | M | SD | (1) | (2) | (3) | CR b | A c |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Sports Psychological Capital | 4.05 | 0.60 | 0.76 a | 0.96 | 0.96 | ||
(2) Life Stress | 2.25 | 0.75 | −0.56 | 0.73 a | 0.93 | 0.92 | |
(3) Athletes Burnout | 2.27 | 0.80 | −0.64 | 0.85 | 0.78 a | 0.95 | 0.94 |
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Yang, M.-H.; Hsueh, K.-F.; Chang, C.-M.; Hsieh, H.-H. The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 617. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13080617
Yang M-H, Hsueh K-F, Chang C-M, Hsieh H-H. The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout. Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(8):617. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13080617
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Meng-Hua, Kai-Feng Hsueh, Chia-Ming Chang, and Huey-Hong Hsieh. 2023. "The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 8: 617. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13080617
APA StyleYang, M. -H., Hsueh, K. -F., Chang, C. -M., & Hsieh, H. -H. (2023). The Influences of Sports Psychological Capital to University Baseball Athletes’ Life Stress and Athlete Burnout. Behavioral Sciences, 13(8), 617. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13080617