Phipps Daniel J, Saarinen Milla, Kuokkanen Joni, Romar Jan-Erik
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän, Finland.
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Australia.
Scand J Psychol. 2025 Jun;66(3):390-398. doi: 10.1111/sjop.13092. Epub 2025 Jan 7.
School sport programs for lower secondary school in Finland (i.e., Grades 7-9) show great promise in helping student athletes prepare for careers in both sport and academic pursuits. However, it has also been found that participation in these programs is highly competitive and demanding and may result in poor mental health outcomes like burnout for some students. The purpose of the current study was to investigate how burnout in sport and school in Finnish lower secondary school students was associated with gender, age, training loads, level of competition, and sport type. A sample of 856 lower secondary school students (Grades 7-9, ages 13-15 years old) completed measures of sport and school burnout and provided information on their demographics and sport. Gender, age, training loads, level of competition, and sport type predicted a small but significant portion of variance in sport-related exhaustion, cynicism, and inadequacy, and in school-related exhaustion, but not school cynicism or inadequacy. Females and student athletes with higher training loads generally reported higher levels of burnout, while only a small number of effects related to age, competition level, and type of sport were observed. Lower secondary sports schools in Finland might aim to understand the difficulties encountered by student athletes, particularly females and those with higher training loads. This understanding can guide them in taking informed, practical measures to safeguard the mental health of these students and optimize their performance both academically and athletically.
芬兰初中（即7至9年级）的学校体育项目在帮助学生运动员为体育和学术追求的职业生涯做准备方面显示出巨大潜力。然而，研究还发现，参与这些项目竞争激烈、要求苛刻，可能会导致一些学生出现心理健康问题，比如倦怠。本研究的目的是调查芬兰初中生在体育和学校方面的倦怠与性别、年龄、训练负荷、竞争水平和运动类型之间的关系。856名初中生（7至9年级，年龄在13至15岁之间）参与了调查，完成了体育和学校倦怠的测量，并提供了他们的人口统计学信息和运动相关信息。性别、年龄、训练负荷、竞争水平和运动类型预测了与体育相关的疲惫、玩世不恭和能力不足，以及与学校相关的疲惫方面的一小部分但显著的方差，但没有预测到学校方面的玩世不恭或能力不足。女性和训练负荷较高的学生运动员通常报告更高水平的倦怠，而与年龄、竞争水平和运动类型相关的影响只观察到少数。芬兰的初中体育学校可能旨在了解学生运动员所遇到的困难，特别是女性和训练负荷较高的学生。这种了解可以指导他们采取明智、切实可行的措施来保护这些学生的心理健康，并在学业和体育方面优化他们的表现。
