AUTHOR=Chiou Shiow-Shya , Hsu Yawen , Chiu Yi-Hsiang , Chou Chien-Chih , Gill Diane L. , Lu Frank J. 

TITLE=Seeking Positive Strengths in Buffering Athletes’ Life Stress–Burnout Relationship: The Moderating Roles of Athletic Mental Energy

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03007

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03007

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=In search of positive strengths that bolster athletes’ reaction to stress, the purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of athletic mental energy on athletes’ life stress-burnout relationship. This study recruited two samples (Study 1= 230; Study 2 = 159) and administered the college student-athlete life stress (CSALSS, Lu et al., 2012), athletic mental energy (AMES, Lu et al., 2018), and athlete burnout questionnaire (ABQ, Raedeke & Smith, 2001). Two separate hierarchical multiple regression analyses found the emotional and cognitive components of athletic mental energy moderated athletes’ life stress-burnout relationship across two studies. Results provided the initial evidence that athletic mental energy can be positive strengths in buffering stress-burnout relationship. Theoretical implications, limitations, practical applications, and future research directions are discussed.