Perfectionism and burnout in junior elite soccer players: The mediating influence of unconditional self-acceptance

Perfectionism and Performance

“…Whereas perfectionistic strivings in athletes are associated with characteristics and processes that are likely to have positive effects on athletes' performance such as hope of success, competitive self-confidence, approach goal orientations, and self-serving attributions of success and failure (Stoeber & Becker, 2008;Stoeber, Stoll, Pescheck, & Otto, 2008), perfectionistic concerns in athletes are associated with characteristics and processes that are likely to have negative effects such as fear of failure, competitive anxiety, avoidance goal orientations, and self-depreciating attributions of success and failure (Sagar & Stoeber, 2009;Stoeber & Becker, 2008;. Moreover, perfectionistic concerns are associated with athlete burnout not only in adult athletes, but already in adolescent athletes (Gould, Udry, Tuffy, & Loehr, 1996;A. P. Hill, Hall, Appleton, & Kozub, 2008).…”

Perfectionism and athlete burnout in junior elite athletes: the mediating role of coping tendencies

“…The final symptom reflects the development of a cynical attitude 10 towards sport and participation. Although there is a growing body of empirical evidence to 11 suggest that athlete burnout is associated with numerous debilitating consequences such as 12 motivational difficulties, impaired health and interpersonal problems (see Cresswell & Eklund,13 2006), to date, few studies have examined the processes by which junior elite athletes develop 14 the syndrome (e.g., Gould, Tuffrey, Udry, & Loehr, 1996; Hill, Hall, Appleton, & Kozub, 2008). 15 Current understanding of the athlete burnout process asserts that athletes are vulnerable 16 to the development of burnout to the extent that they experience chronic levels of psychosocial 17 stress (Smith, 1986).…”

“…Personality factors are considered critical antecedents of burnout as they 18 are assumed to influence central appraisal processes and render athletes vulnerable to the 19 experience of elevated levels of threat and anxiety. Because some dimensions of perfectionism 20 are associated with negative achievement-related cognitions and anxiety in athletes (e.g., Hall,21 Kerr, & Mathews, 1998), perfectionism has recently emerged as a disposition that may 22 predispose athletes to the development of burnout (e.g., Hill et al 2008; Lemyre,Hall,& 23 In summary, the purpose of the current study was to examine whether different coping 1 tendencies mediate the relationship between self-oriented and socially prescribed dimensions of 2 perfectionism and burnout in junior elite athletes. Congruent with the mediation model proposed 3 by Dunkley and colleagues (Dunkley & indirect relationship will indicate that the higher the level of socially prescribed perfectionism 7 the more avoidant coping would be typically utilized and the higher the subsequent level of 8 burnout.…”

Perfectionism and achievement goals in young Finnish ice-hockey players aspiring to make the Under-16 national team

“…Alternatively, those facets associated with the positive strivings dimension are associated with positive characteristics such as hope for success, competitive self-confidence, self-serving attributions of success and failure, higher satisfaction with progress, and lower burnout (Gould et al, 1996;Hill et al, 2008;Stoeber & Becker, in press;Stoeber et al, 2007).…”