Relationship of Mental Toughness with Athlete Burnout in Injured Professional Athletes

The descriptive methodology was used to investigate the relationship between mental toughness and athlete burnout in injured professional athletes. The aviailable sampl was cansisd of 142 professional injured athletes, aged from 15 to 35 in different fields. Data collection was performed based on mental toughness and athlete burnout questionaires. The data were analysed using Pearson correlation coefficient, simple regression and t-test. The results indicated that athletic mental toughness with a correlation coefficient of -0.42 had a negative strong correlation with the athlete burnout of injured athletes. The regression showed, 18% of athlete burnout variance which is explained by the variance of mental toughness. Independent t-test confirmed the significant difference between mental toughness and athlete burnout of injured male and female athletes. It can be concluded that athlets with higher mental toughness have less chance of athlete burnout during the period of injury.