The purpose of this thesis was to examine the proposed model that perfectionism, perceived stress, and participation in coaching activities predicts burnout with coach status as a moderating variable. Male and female coaches (n=177) over the age of 18 participated in the study. They completed the Perfectionism Inventory (PI), the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Participation in Coaching Activities Questionnaire (PICA) that was developed by the researcher. Significant positive correlations were observed between perceived stress, dimensions of perfectionism, and coaching activities. Though significant, the magnitude of these relationships tended to be very low. Head coaches tended to be higher on the conscientious perfectionism dimension of planfulness, while assistant coaches tended to be higher on the self-evaluative perfectionism dimensions of concern over mistakes, and need for approval. It was also found that assistant coaches tended to engage in more game plan coaching activities than did head coaches. The hypothesized model exhibited a reasonable fit to the data after removal of the perfectionism dimension of organization from the analysis. The only significant predictors of burnout in the model, however, were self-evaluative perfectionism and perceived stress. The multi-sample analysis revealed that factor loadings for the perfectionism dimensions of planfulness and striving for excellence differed significantly for head and assistant coaches. Previous research examining the relationships between perfectionism, perceived stress, participation in activities, and burnout in coaches has been extremely limited, and this study was able to provide a basis for examining these variables in more detail. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of
Science. / Fall Semester, 2005. / October 19, 2005. / Collegiate Coaches, Coaches, Coach, Perfectionism, Perceived Stress, Burnout, Sport Psychology, Sports, Sport, College, Athletics / Includes bibliographical references. / Gershon Tenenbaum, Professor Directing Thesis; Robert Eklund, Committee Member; Alysia Roehrig, Committee Member.
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| Contributors | Tashman, Lauren Saenz (authoraut), Tenenbaum, Gershon (professor directing thesis), Eklund, Robert (committee member), Roehrig, Alysia (committee member), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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