Why the study?
The study was conducted to examine the ability of psychosocial constructs and biomarker measures of overtraining and stress to predict athlete burnout, as mediated by training distress, during an intense training period.
Do psychosocial constructs and biomarker measures predict athlete burnout during a 6-week intense training period in NCAA swimmers?
Do psychosocial constructs and biomarker measures predict athlete burnout during a 6-week intense training period in NCAA swimmers?
Controlling coaching behaviors, academic identity, and testosterone/cortisol ratio changes predict burnout in collegiate swimmers, while athletic identity may be protective.
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May flag burnout risk via coaching behaviors and biomarkers in swimmers; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions.
Martin et al. (2021) studied this question.
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