Injury and burnout in Australian athletes Grylls, Elizabeth and Spittle, Michael 2008, Injury and burnout in Australian athletes, Perceptual and motor skills, vol. 107, pp. 873-880. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Injury and burnout in Australian athletes Author(s) Grylls, Elizabeth Spittle, Michael Journal name Perceptual and motor skills Volume number 107 Start page 873 End page 880 Publisher Ammons Scientific Ltd. Place of publication Missoula, Mont. Publication date 2008-12 ISSN 0031-5125 1558-688X Summary The relationship between injury and burnout in a sample of 264 local to international Australian athletes (124 men and 140 women) was studied. Injury can be a stressful experience for athletes; coupled with the demands of rehabilitation, it could increase feelings of burnout. Experiencing more than one injury could have a cumulative effect on feelings of burnout. Alternatively, for some athletes the break from training or competing caused by an injury could alleviate burnout symptoms. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and a modified version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Independent sample t tests indicated that currently injured athletes (n = 150) had significantly lower mean Burnout scores than currently uninjured athletes (n = 113). Small, but statistically significant, positive correlations were found between number of injuries and Burnout scores. Possible explanations are that injury provides a temporary break from intense sporting involvement and, thus, lower scores on Burnout, but multiple injuries might have a cumulative effect on burnout. Language eng Field of Research 110602 Exercise Physiology Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2008 Copyright notice ©2008, Ammons Scientific Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020886 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 06:52:32 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2009, 11:41:40 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2009, 11:44:46 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2009, 12:27:39 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 13:33:47 EST Thu, 13 Nov 2014, 13:52:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 527 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 06:52:32 EST