Introduction: Psychological variables such as personality, perceived stress and mood have
been proposed as antecedents to musculoskeletal injury. Furthermore, a positive …

According to the stress–injury model (Williams & Andersen, 1998), personality factors
predisposing athletes to elevated levels of stress may increase the risk of injury. As …

Every year, many university athletes find themselves experiencing sports injuries while
practicing their sport. Not all athletes are equal to each other, and some get injured more …

Perfectionism in athletes is a personality disposition that influences cognitive processes and
behaviour (Hall, Hill, & Appleton, 2012). Perfectionism involves two dimensions: personal …

Perfectionism is a consistent predictor of athlete burnout. Researchers have therefore
sought to examine the psychological mechanisms that may explain this relationship. In the …

The purpose was to examine the different aspects of perfectionism and athletes' burnout.
College athletes (N= 320) with mean age of 19.7 yr.(SD= 1.4) completed the Chinese …

Burnout is common when demands of the sport exceed the rewards. Individuals who have
certain personality dispositions, such as perfectionism, have higher likelihood to experience …

Recently, perfectionism has become a focus of attention in applied psychology. In athletic
populations, both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism have been found to exist (Terry …

Background: Athletic burnout is common when demands of the sport exceed the rewards.
Individuals with certain personality dispositions, such as perfectionism, are at increased risk …

Perfectionism in sports has been shown to be associated with burnout in athletes. Whether
perfectionism predicts longitudinal changes in athlete burnout, however, is still unclear …