Deck 22: Athlete Burnout: An Individual and Organizational Phenomenon

Question 1

All athletes who experience burnout will eventually dropout.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

___________ occurs when athletes maintain sport involvement because of passion and intrinsic motivation.

A) Passion
B) Adaptive commitment
C) Sport entrapment
D) Maladaptive commitment

Answer 2

Adaptive commitment

Question 3

The first step in preventing athlete burnout is:

A) Design an intervention plan
B) Evaluate intervention effectiveness
C) Assess the situation
D) Determine what individual and organization factors are important

Answer 3

Assess the situation

Question 4

Self-determination theory has been widely used to understand motivation and athlete burnout.

Question 5

Overtraining syndrome can take months to years to recover from.

Question 6

A sense of success and being effective in one's environment is known as:

A) Autonomy
B) Passion
C) Relatedness
D) Competence

Question 7

The idea that physiological outcomes are influenced by the nature of one's motivation is known as:

A) Self-Determination theory
B) Social learning theory
C) The Barnum Effect
D) Social-Cognitive theory

Question 8

Overtraining is synonymous with burnout.

Question 9

A multidimensional, cognitive-affective syndrome characterized by emotional and physical exhaustion, reduced sense of accomplishment, and sport devaluation is known as:

A) Overtraining syndrome
B) Exhaustion
C) Overreaching
D) Burnout

Question 10

When an athlete perceives an imbalance between sport demands and their ability to meet those demands this athlete would be experiencing:

A) Competition
B) Depression
C) Psychosocial stress
D) Anxiety

Question 11

Elevated fatigue and performance decrements in athletes that they can recover from is known as:

A) Exhaustion
B) Overreaching
C) Overtraining syndrome
D) Burnout

Question 12

The job-person fit model of burnout and engagement focuses on how many areas of worklife?

A) 8
B) 3
C) 6
D) 4

Question 13

Burnout occurs when an athlete is highly motivated to continue playing sport.

Question 14

This is integral to training periodization and represents the mechanism by which a higher level of function is achieved following intense training?

A) Autogenic training
B) Commitment
C) Arousal
D) Recovery

Question 15

Feelings of personal choice are known as:

A) Relatedness
B) Competence
C) Autonomy
D) Passion

Question 16

Negative and detached attitude towards sport is known as:

A) Sport devaluation
B) Emotional exhaustion
C) Reduced sense of accomplishment
D) Physical exhaustion

Question 17

A positive psychological experience in contrast to burnout is known as:

A) Accomplishment
B) Motivation
C) Engagement
D) Passion

Question 18

Performance decrements and exhaustion that fail to improve even when rest or reduced training is practiced is known as:

A) Burnout
B) Overtraining syndrome
C) Overreaching
D) Exhaustion