The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the burnout syndrome among NCAA division I, II, and III head softball coaches. The differences between the burnout subscales scores of personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization of softball coaches at the different NCAA divisions were examined. / Subjects for the study were head softball coaches who were employed at NCAA member institutions. The subjects completed a demographic questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the instrument utilized to measure scores in the burnout subscales of depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment. The demographic variables surveyed included gender, age, educational degree, marital status, NCAA classification, position status, other responsibilities, years coaching, salary level, direct contact hours, tenure at present position, number of students at university, winning percentage, and budget. / A trend toward the existence of burnout was indicated by the softball coaches. While low levels of depersonalization were reported, approximately half the coaches revealed medium to high levels of burnout in the subscales of emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment. / An analysis of variance with post-hoc analysis for depersonalization, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment with regard to selected independent variables revealed statistical significance. Statistically significant differences in burnout subscale mean scores were found in gender with regard to depersonalization and emotional exhaustion in status of position with regard to emotional exhaustion, in direct contact hours with regard to emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment, in NCAA division with regard to personal accomplishment, and in years coaching with regard to emotional exhaustion. / The study has implications for the head softball coach as well as those supervising coaches. Once the factors which affect burnout are identified, strategies for prevention can be developed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-07, Section: A, page: 2290. / Major Professor: Robert Alan Rider. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76650 |
| Contributors | Graf, JoAnne., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 158 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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