Burnout em tenistas brasileiros infanto-juvenis Burnout in Brazilian junior tennis players

The present study aimed to investigate the burnout syndrome in Brazilian young tennis players. The sample consisted of 88 tennis players, 69 male (M =15.3 years; SD = 1.2) and 19 females (M = 15.1 years; SD = 1.3). The Athlete Burnout Questionnaire and a characterization questionnaire were administered. It was used descriptive (frequencies, percentages, maximum and minimum) and inferential non-parametric statistics (Kruskal-Wallis and Mann Whitney), establishing significance of p< 0.05. Tennis players with less practice time (1-3 years) had lower rates of physical and emotional exhaustion (p= 0.005, ∆= −0.57) than those who trained for longer (4-7 years). Tennis players with lower training volume (up to 10 hours per week) had higher rates of burnout (p= 0.009, ∆= 0.33), sport devaluation (p= 0.011, ∆= 0.56) and reduced sense of accomplishment (p= 0.002, ∆= 0.44) than those with higher volumes (11 to 20 hours per week). The associations meet with theoretical assumptions of burnout syndrome and researches that investigated this population.