Research Article

Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety

Volume: 36 Number: 2 June 30, 2025
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Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety

Abstract

This study examined the mediating role of sport anxiety, task, and ego orientation in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and sport burnout. The study participants consisted of 397 sport high school students, 155 female (39%) and 242 male (61%). The ages of the students participating in the study ranged from 13 to 19 (x̄=16.26, SD=1.218). Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire, Sports Anxiety Scale, and Sports Burnout Inventory were used to collect data for the study. According to the findings of this study, sport anxiety and ego and task orientation factors mediate the relationship between cognitive flexibility and sport burnout. Sport high school students with high cognitive flexibility effectively cope with the anxious situations they encounter in sport. These students with reduced sport anxiety and increased ego and task orientation tend to experience reduced sport burnout due to perceiving stimuli in their environment as less disturbing. To protect students from sport burnout, the school curriculum and preventive strategies should be designed to reduce sport anxiety and ego orientation and increase task orientation. Extending cognitive flexibility and task orientation learning outcomes in high school sport programs can help protect students from burnout and improve their functionality in sport. Considering the effect of team sport enhancing task orientation, including more team sport in addition to individual sport in sport high schools will be effective in preventing sport burnout.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2025

Submission Date

January 22, 2025

Acceptance Date

April 29, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 36 Number: 2

APA
Arı, A. E., & Korkmaz, B. C. (2025). Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety. Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 36(2), 86-104. https://doi.org/10.17644/sbd.1625390
AMA
1.Arı AE, Korkmaz BC. Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety. HJSS. 2025;36(2):86-104. doi:10.17644/sbd.1625390
Chicago
Arı, Ahmet Emin, and Burak Can Korkmaz. 2025. “Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety”. Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 36 (2): 86-104. https://doi.org/10.17644/sbd.1625390.
EndNote
Arı AE, Korkmaz BC (June 1, 2025) Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety. Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 36 2 86–104.
IEEE
[1]A. E. Arı and B. C. Korkmaz, “Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety”, HJSS, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 86–104, June 2025, doi: 10.17644/sbd.1625390.
ISNAD
Arı, Ahmet Emin - Korkmaz, Burak Can. “Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety”. Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 36/2 (June 1, 2025): 86-104. https://doi.org/10.17644/sbd.1625390.
JAMA
1.Arı AE, Korkmaz BC. Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety. HJSS. 2025;36:86–104.
MLA
Arı, Ahmet Emin, and Burak Can Korkmaz. “Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety”. Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2025, pp. 86-104, doi:10.17644/sbd.1625390.
Vancouver
1.Ahmet Emin Arı, Burak Can Korkmaz. Sport Burnout in Student-Athletes: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport and Sport Anxiety. HJSS. 2025 Jun. 1;36(2):86-104. doi:10.17644/sbd.1625390

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