{"id":2560,"date":"2015-05-19T14:56:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T06:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2015-06-02T21:38:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:38:17","slug":"exploring-taiwanese-athlete-burnout-a-cultural-and-contextual-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=2560","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Taiwanese Athlete Burnout: A Cultural and Contextual Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank J.H. Lu<\/strong>
\nGraduate Institute of\u00a0Physical Education\u00a0National Taiwan\u00a0Sport University
\nTammy C.Y. Chu<\/strong>
\nGraduate Institute of\u00a0Physical Education\u00a0National Taiwan\u00a0Sport Universit
\nJoline C.L. Tsai<\/strong>
\nTaichung\u00a0Chongde Junior\u00a0High School
\nJosephine F. R. Jan<\/strong>
\nGraduate Institute of\u00a0Physical Education\u00a0National Taiwan\u00a0Sport University<\/p>\n

The issue of burnout has attracted many researchers\u2019 attention in\u00a0the areas of general psychology, business management and sociology.\u00a0In sport settings, many researchers adopted western theoretical models\u00a0such as Smith (1986), Silva(1990), and Coakley(1992) models to\u00a0investigate this issue. However, due to cultural and contextual\u00a0differences, it is argued that only adopting western theories and with\u00a0quantitative analysis would miss many features that facilitate our\u00a0understanding on the nature of athlete burnout in Taiwanese settings.\u00a0Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore Taiwanese athlete\u00a0burnout by qualitative approach to Rewe practical insights and\u00a0implications for local professionals in sports. The participants included\u00a0three competitive athletes (Taekwondo, Badminton, and Track and\u00a0Field.)We combined field observations and in-depth interviews to\u00a0explore what participants felt and thought about burnout experiences.\u00a0Especially, under strict and harsh environments that required daily\u00a0repetitious training and demands of winning, along with traditional\u00a0Chinese Confucian culture which empowers coaches to exercise\u00a0authoritarian control over athletes\u2019 training and competition, what they\u00a0felt, thought, and behaved during the burnout process? By content\u00a0analyses suggested by Strauss and Corbin(1994) this study found an\u00a0insightful grounded theory of Taiwanese athlete burnout model which\u00a0differed from general burnout experiences of helping professional.\u00a0Therefore, this study does not only provide sufficient information for\u00a0those people outside sport in understanding the nature of athlete\u00a0burnout but also suggest that those people who involve in youth sport\u00a0should establish a humanistic training program for young athletes. By\u00a0so doing, young athletes\u2019 psychological well-being could be warranted.<\/p>\n

Keywords\uff1aovertraining, uni-dimensional development, negative\u00a0training stress responses, qualitative study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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