Athlete Burnout Questionnaire

What it measures

Measures athlete burnout across exhaustion, sport devaluation, and reduced accomplishment dimensions. Adapted from Maslach's burnout framework for sport contexts. Sport Devaluation captures the cynicism and resentment unique to athlete burnout — distinguishing it from overtraining. Widely used in research on coaching behaviour, overtraining, and athlete welfare.

Response format

Likert (1–5, almost never to almost always)

Representative items

• I feel overly tired from my sport participation. (Exhaustion)
• I feel worn out from the demands of my sport. (Exhaustion)
• The efforts I spend in sport are not worthwhile anymore. (Devaluation)
• I don't care as much about my sport performance as I used to. (Devaluation)
• I am not performing up to my ability in sport. (Reduced Accomplishment)

Usage notes & scoring

Three subscale scores. Sport Devaluation is the most conceptually unique dimension. Burnout is predicted by controlling coaching behaviours, perfectionism, and perceived entrapment in sport. Freely available from Todd Raedeke.

Recommended companion scales

Citation

Raedeke, T.D., & Smith, A.L. (2001). Development and preliminary validation of an athlete burnout measure. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 23(3), 281–306.

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