Ansiedade, Avaliação Cognitiva e Esgotamento na Formação Desportiva: Estudo com Jovens Atletas

Abstract

This study analyzed the importance of cognitive appraisal in the experience of anxiety and burnout as well as the importance of cognitive appraisal and anxiety in the prediction of burnout. The study included 711 athletes (89 females and 622 males), with ages between 12 and 19 years old (M = 14.77; DP = 1.86). The participants answered an assessment protocol that included the Sport Anxiety Scale-2; the Cognitive Appraisal Scale and the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire, besides a demographic questionnaire. The results showed that primary cognitive appraisal influence the experience of anxiety and burnout, because athletes with higher levels of threat perception assumed more anxiety and burnout, and athletes with higher levels of challenge perception assumed lower levels of anxiety and burnout. The results also showed that the dimensions of primary cognitive appraisal and anxiety predicted the experience of athletes' burnout. In sum, this study highlights the importance of cognitive appraisal in the study of athletes' emotional states, suggesting the continuation of future research on this topic.