The Relationship between Coache's Decision-Making Styles and the Rate of Satisfaction and Burnout of Men and Women Basketball Premier League Players in Iran

The present research was aimed at investigating the relationship between coache's decision-making styles and the rate of satisfaction and burnout of men and women basketball premier league players in Iran in 90-91. This research was a correlation one and the statistical sample in the research included 201 male and female athletes (110 females and 91 males). The instruments used were decision–making style questionnaire of Scat and Borous, burnout questionnaire of athletes of Radak and Smith, as well as athletes’ satisfaction questionnaire of Cheladorai and Rimer. The reliability indices of the instruments were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha and their validity indices were achieved through factor analysis. To analyze the data, mean, frequency, percent, correlation coefficient, regression in step-by-step method, t-tests, and one-way ANOVA were used. Findings showed a positive and significant relationship between coache's decision making styles (intellectual, perceptual, sudden, avoiding and dependency) and athlete's burnout (emotional exhaustion, performance decrease and devaluation). Also the results revealed there was a positive and significant relation between coache's decision making styles and athlete's satisfaction (practice and training, personal behavior, individual and team accomplishment). Decision making styles explained 61% of athlete's burnout changes and had a negative and direct effect on the burnout factor while these styles explained 55% of athlete's satisfaction changes and had direct and positive effects on athletes’ satisfaction.