Additional research is warranted in the United States
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CONCLUSION: Additional research is warranted in the United States, particularly with the NCAA collegiate athletes in order to better understand the end-of-athletic-career transition process, as well as instituting interventions to increase
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Sourced from the stated challenges and abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2018 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 31 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- The impact of athlete burnout on academic burnout among college athletes: a multiple mediation model based on emotion regulation and sleep (2025) · Frontiers in Psychology · cited 6× · doi
College athletes face dual demands from training and academics, increasing their risk of both athletic and academic burnout. The study aims to explore the complex relationships between college athlete burnout, cognitive reappraisal, sleep quality, and academic burnout. The researchers need to develop effective interventions to support student-athletes' academic adjustment and mental health.
generalstated challengesKeywords: college athletes face dual demands training academics increasing - Are NCAA Division I Athletes Prepared for End-of-Athletic-Career Transition? A Literature Review (2018) · Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work · cited 25× · doi
CONCLUSION: Additional research is warranted in the United States, particularly with the NCAA collegiate athletes in order to better understand the end-of-athletic-career transition process, as well as instituting interventions to increase resilience in college senior NCAA athletes transitioning out of sport.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: ncaa athletes conclusion additional warranted united states particularly collegiate order better understand athletic career transition - Understanding coach burnout in high-performance sport: the sequential effects of knowledge, psychological safety, and coach–athlete relationships (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi
The literature on coach burnout has grown steadily, but much of the existing research has focused on stressors, workload, or organizational conditions as primary antecedents. Comparatively less attention has been paid to how positive resources are translated into relational and contextual processes that may protect coaches from burnout.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: literature coach burnout has grown steadily much existing
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