Abstract

CASAGRANDE, Pedro de Orleans; ANDRADE, Alexandro; VIANA, Maick da Silveira  and  VASCONCELLOS, Diego Itibere Cunha. Burnout in Brazilian junior tennis players. Motri. [online]. 2014, vol.10, n.2, pp.60-71. ISSN 1646-107X.  https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.10(2).2713.

The present study aimed to investigate the burnout syndrome in Brazilian young tennis players. The sample consisted of 88 tennis players, 69 male (M =15.3 years; SD = 1.2) and 19 females (M = 15.1 years; SD = 1.3). The Athlete Burnout Questionnaire and a characterization questionnaire were administered. It was used descriptive (frequencies, percentages, maximum and minimum) and inferential non-parametric statistics (Kruskal-Wallis and Mann Whitney), establishing significance of p< 0.05. Tennis players with less practice time (1-3 years) had lower rates of physical and emotional exhaustion (p= 0.005, Δ= −0.57) than those who trained for longer (4-7 years). Tennis players with lower training volume (up to 10 hours per week) had higher rates of burnout (p= 0.009, Δ= 0.33), sport devaluation (p= 0.011, Δ= 0.56) and reduced sense of accomplishment (p= 0.002, Δ= 0.44) than those with higher volumes (11 to 20 hours per week). The associations meet with theoretical assumptions of burnout syndrome and researches that investigated this population.

Keywords : burnout; sports; tennis; athletes; adolescents.

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