ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Mental toughness as a mediator between sports psychological skills and athlete burnout: a buffering model.
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- The many faces of athlete burnout in elite and amateur sport identified through cluster analysis.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Mental performance skills and athletic performance in combat athletes: the mediating role of mental toughness.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Application Value of Nursing Interventions Based on the Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Neurology research international · 2026Article
- The relationship between intrinsic motivation and psychological wellbeing in combat sport athletes: the mediating role of mental toughness.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Athlete burnout is a critical issue in competitive sports, yet the mechanisms linking sports psychological skills to burnout remain under-explored. This study has proposed a mental toughness-mediated buffering model to address this gap. Methods: Data from 341 collegiate athletes were analyzed using hierarchical regression and Hayes' PROCESS marco 3.5 (Model 4) with 5000 bootstrap samples for mediation effects. Results: Key findings have shown that: (1)Sports psychological skills negatively predicted all three burnout dimensions (reduced sense of accomplishment, devaluation, and emotional/physical exhaustion); (2)Mental toughness partially mediated the effects of sports psychological skills on devaluation ( Discussion: These results have advanced existing burnout theories by demonstrating dimension-specific mediation pathways, highlighting the need for targeted mental toughness interventions to mitigate devaluation and reduced sense of accomplishment in collegiate athletes.
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