The Relationship Between Efficacy and Burnout in Coaches.

Autor: Short, Sandra E., Short, Martin W., Haugen, Chris R.
Zdroj: International Journal of Coaching Science; Jan2015, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p37-49, 13p, 3 Charts, 4 Graphs
Abstrakt: This study examined the relationship between coaching efficacy and coaching burnout. Based on previous theory and research in these areas, it was hypothesized that coaches who were higher in coaching efficacy would experience less burnout during a competitive season compared to those lower in coaching efficacy. The sample was comprised of high school basketball head coaches. For the pre-season, 101 coaches participated, however only 68 of them followed through by completing the post-season measures. Coaching efficacy was measured with the Coaching Efficacy Scale (Feltz, Chase, Moritz, & Sullivan, 1999). Coaching burnout was assessed using a modified version of Raedeke's (1997) athlete burnout measure. Descriptive results showed that coaches had lower coaching efficacy and higher coaching burnout scores at post-season compared to pre-season. Correlations between coaching efficacy and burnout were negative at both time periods. Differences in coaching burnout were examined using a 2 (high / low coaching efficacy group) by 2 (pre-post season) MANOVA with repeated measures on the last factor. There were several significant main effects and interactions, and in general, as time passed the low efficacy coaches were more burned out compared to the high efficacy coaches. The results imply that a high sense in one's coaching efficacy may have an insulating effect against the large number of stressors that have been associated with the coaching profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index