Inner and Outer Factors Causing Student-Athletes to Experience Burnout Symptoms

Abstract

This investigation elucidates burnout experienced by student-athletes, including the internal and external causes that lead to burnout. It discusses parental pressure, teacher workload, coaching styles, and time management skills as the causes of student-athlete stress. This investigation's objective is to emphasize the importance of coping mechanisms and a positive environment for student-athletes to improve their performance academically and athletically. This research informs the struggles student-athletes go through in their everyday lives. Personalized interventions are portrayed as crucial strategies for student-athletes to improve their burnout symptoms. This investigation highlighted many questionnaires and studies that used student-athletes to observe their burnout levels and the amount of social support they receive. The investigation discusses the stigma of asking for help and how student-athletes are sometimes embarrassed. Lastly, the results showed a rapid increase in the level of burnout student-athletes go through nowadays, and if not acted on immediately, it could result in some of them dropping out of school or their sport.