The examination of Burnout Levels of Boxing Trainers

This study is carried out to determine the occupational burnout levels of boxing coaches from various regions of Turkey according to some variables. The population consists of 177 self-imposed boxing coaches from various regions of Turkey who have got a license from Turkish Boxing Federation. In this study, Maslach burnout scale which includes 22 items such as self-success sub-dimensions, indifference and emotional burnout is used as a scale that has been developed by Maslach and Jackson(1981) to determine the burnout levels of boxing coaches. To analyze the obtained data, Kruskal Wallis-H test and Mann Whitney-U tests are used. According to the analysis results, significant differences are found out at different levels in emotional burnout, self-success and indifference sub-dimensions according to variables such as age, job experience and being a national sportman. As a result, boxing coaches' occupational burnout levels are affected negatively from the psychological manners which have occured due to the fact that box coaches haven't reached the goals in their early career