The Prevalence of Emotional Exhaustion in Professional and Semiprofessional Coaches
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The present study examined levels of emotional exhaustion, a key symptom of burnout, in Swedish professional and semiprofessional sport coaches in comparison to the normative values specified in the Maslach Burnout Inventory manual, and to the clinical cutoffs developed by Kleijweg, Verbraak, and Van Dijk. The sample contained 318 Swedish coaches (Mage = 42.7 years, 12% female) working at least 50% full time away from both team (60%) and individual (40%) sports. Our study shows that, in general, coaches in this sample experience lower average levels of exhaustion than normative samples both regarding the Maslach Burnout Inventory and clinical cutoffs. Two groups of coaches did, however, stand out. Coaches living in single households as well as coaches working part time had higher risk of severe levels of emotional exhaustion. These results place coach exhaustion levels in relation to other occupations and highlight that in this sample, the coaching profession does not stand out as more emotionally exhausting than other occupations.
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- Authors
- Lundkvist, E., Gustafsson, H., Madigan, D., Hjälm, S., & Kalén, A.
- Affiliations
- Umeå University (SE)
- Karlstad University (SE)
- York St John University (GB)
- Örebro University (SE)
- University of Skövde (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Lundkvist, Erik
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2023-12-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 376-389
- ISSN
- 1932-9261 (ISSN-L)
- 1932-927X
- OpenAlex
- W4225985025
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 1.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- urn.kb.se
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology (publishedVersion)
- DiVA at Umeå University (Umeå University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Research at York St John (York St John University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- emotional exhaustion, burnout, sports coaches, Maslach Burnout Inventory, single-person households, part-time work, occupational stress
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