Key result
Adolescent athletes without burnout exhibited significantly higher accuracy on the Stroop test and higher frontal theta, alpha, and beta EEG amplitudes compared to those with burnout.
Why the study?
Does brain activity during the Stroop Color and Word Test differ between adolescent athletes with and without burnout?
Cross-Sectional (n=460)
Does brain activity during the Stroop Color and Word Test differ between adolescent athletes with and without burnout?
Adolescent athletes with burnout show decreased cognitive accuracy and altered frontal brain activity (lower theta, alpha, and beta power) during the Stroop task compared to those without burnout.
Burnout may associate with lower cognitive accuracy and frontal EEG power in adolescent athletes; leaves open causality and needs longitudinal studies before any screening use.
The present study compared brain activity of adolescents with or without burnout during their responses to a computerized version of the Stroop Color and Word Test. The Sport Adaptation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory was administered to 460 Korean high school student athletes. Electroencephalographic data were recorded from frontal, central, parietal, and occipital brain regions while these participants were performing the Stroop Color and Word Test. A 2 (group) × 2 (condition) × 15 (electrodes) three-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Results indicated that the athletes without burnout exhibited significantly higher accuracy than their counterparts with burnout on the Stroop Color and Word Test. The athletes without burnout also showed higher amplitudes for theta, alpha, and beta power in the frontal areas than the athletes with burnout.
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Ryu et al. (2015) conducted a cross-sectional in Burnout (n=460). Athletes with burnout vs. Athletes without burnout was evaluated on Accuracy on the Stroop Color and Word Test and EEG amplitudes. Adolescent athletes without burnout exhibited significantly higher accuracy on the Stroop test and higher frontal theta, alpha, and beta EEG amplitudes compared to those with burnout.
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