Assessment of Psychological Burnout in Interuniversity Cricket Players
Mordhawj Sonwani
Dr. Vivek Mishra
ABSTRACT
Cricket as a sport is physically, mentally and emotionally demanding because it has three different formats all of which require different skill sets. Since psychological burnout affects performance, the present study is conducted to assess psychological burnout in cricket players. To conduct the study, 50 inter-university cricket players were selected. The average age of the cricket players was 21.11 years and purposive sampling was used for the selection of the sample. The Athletic Burnout Questionnaire prepared by Raedeke and Smith (2001) was used for data collection. The results reveal that 8% of interuniversity male cricket players had very low levels of burnout symptoms; 40% of interuniversity male cricket players had low levels of burnout symptoms; 48% of interuniversity male cricket players had moderate levels of burnout symptoms and 4% of interuniversity male cricket players had severe symptoms of burnout. The Chi-square of 29.68 is statistically significant at 0.01 level. Based on the results, it was concluded that the majority of the interuniversity cricket players have moderate symptoms of psychological burnout but the results call for continuous monitoring and counselling of cricket players so that they can maintain their mental wellbeing and perform to the best of their abilities in competitive cricket.
- Research Scholar, SOS in Physical Education, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur C.G.
- Principal, Netaji Subhas College, Abhanpur Raipur C.G.
Keywords: Psychological burnout, cricket
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2501I02S01V13P0038
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