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Yasuyuki Yamada1, Masataka Hirosawa
1Juntendo University School of Health and Sports Science, 1-1, Hiragagakuendai Inba-mura, Inba-gun Chiba 270-1695, Japan. yasuyuki_yamada@sakura.juntendo.ac.jp
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Typus Melancholicus (TM) personality can be used to explain some individual differences related to the degree of athlete burnout and the features of its process, based on a comparison between TM and non-TM groups. For this purpose, we conducted a questionnaire investigation administered to Japanese university athletes using the Depression-related Personality Trait Scale, Athlete Burnout Questionnaire, Daily and Competitive Stressor Scale, and Modified-COPE, and collected 1,086 samples. The results revealed that although there were no differences in the degrees of burnout, there were different features in the burnout process that depended on whether he/she had TM features.
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