Prediction of life stress on athletes' burnout: the dual role of perceived stress.

Although many studies adopted Smith's (1986) cognitive-affective model of athletic burnout in examining stress-burnout relationship, very few studies examined the mediating/moderating role of perceived stress on the stress-burnout relationship. We sampled 195 college student-athletes and assessed their life stress, perceived stress, and burnout. Correlation analyses found all study variables correlated.

Examining the stress-burnout relationship: the mediating role of negative thoughts.

Background: Using Smith's (1986) cognitive-affective model of athletic burnout as a guiding framework, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among athletes' stress in life, negative thoughts, and the mediating role of negative thoughts on the stress-burnout relationship.

Methods: A total of 300 college student-athletes (males = 174; females = 126,  = 20.43 y, = 1.

Adolescents' physical activities and peer norms: the mediating role of self-efficacy.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations among adolescents' self-efficacy and social norms, and physical activity and whether self-efficacy mediated the relationship between social norms and physical activity. 400 junior high school students (202 boys, 198 girls, 2 not identified; M age = 15.3yr.