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    Estrategias de afrontamiento y síndrome de burnout en deportistas universitarios: relaciones y diferencias según el tipo de deporte
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de publicaciones, 2025) Rodriguez-Chaparro, Sofía; Florez-Villamizar, Jairo; Sin departamento asociado
    thletic burnout –defined by physical/emotional exhaustion, reduced sense of accomplishment, and sport devaluation –has detrimental effects on athletes’ mental and physical health. It has been linked to issues such as anxiety, depression, and sport dropout. Although the relationship between burnout and coping strategies remains under-explored, coping is considered a key factor in understanding how stress impacts athletes’ well-being. This study examined the relationship between three categories of coping strategies –task-oriented, emotion-oriented, and distraction-oriented –and the dimensions of burnout in university athletes. A total of 330 university-level athletes (47% women, 53% men), representing both individual and team sports, completed the Spanish versions of the Inventory of Coping Strategies in Sport Competition (ISCCS) and the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ). Results showed that emotion-focused and distraction-focused coping strategies were positively and significantly associated with higher physical/emotional exhaustion, a lower sense of accomplishment, and greater sport devaluation. In contrast, task-oriented coping exhibited significant inverse relationships with reduced sense of accomplishment and sport devaluation, indicating a protective role. Additionally, differences by sport type emerged: team-sport athletes reported significantly greater use of task-oriented coping, whereas individual-sport athletes used more distraction coping and showed higher levels of exhaustion and devaluation. Practical implications highlight the importance of fostering active, task-focused coping strategies to prevent burnout, especially in individual sports. These findings enhance our understanding of how coping mechanisms can either mitigate or exacerbate burnout syndrome in university athletes, providing evidence to inform targeted psychological interventions
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    Estrategias de afrontamiento y síndrome de burnout en deportistas universitarios: relaciones y diferencias según el tipo de deporte
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de publicaciones, 2025) Rodriguez-Chaparro, Sofía; Florez-Villamizar, Jairo; Sin departamento asociado
    Athletic burnout –defined by physical/emotional exhaustion, reduced sense of accomplishment, and sport devaluation –has detrimental effects on athletes’ mental and physical health. It has been linked to issues such as anxiety, depression, and sport dropout. Although the relationship between burnout and coping strategies remains under-explored, coping is considered a key factor in understanding how stress impacts athletes’ well-being. This study examined the relationship between three categories of coping strategies –task-oriented, emotion-oriented, and distraction-oriented –and the dimensions of burnout in university athletes. A total of 330 university-level athletes (47% women, 53% men), representing both individual and team sports, completed the Spanish versions of the Inventory of Coping Strategies in Sport Competition (ISCCS) and the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ). Results showed that emotion-focused and distraction-focused coping strategies were positively and significantly associated with higher physical/emotional exhaustion, a lower sense of accomplishment, and greater sport devaluation. In contrast, task-oriented coping exhibited significant inverse relationships with reduced sense of accomplishment and sport devaluation, indicating a protective role. Additionally, differences by sport type emerged: team-sport athletes reported significantly greater use of task-oriented coping, whereas individual-sport athletes used more distraction coping and showed higher levels of exhaustion and devaluation. Practical implications highlight the importance of fostering active, task-focused coping strategies to prevent burnout, especially in individual sports. These findings enhance our understanding of how coping mechanisms can either mitigate or exacerbate burnout syndrome in university athletes, providing evidence to inform targeted psychological interventions