The Influence of Coaches' Job Stress on Job Burnout Based on Latent Profile Analysis

Abstract

Competitive sports coaches, as a special profession with strong professionalism, are one of the professions facing the most stress and bearing the greatest stress. However, excessive job stress is likely to cause a series of negative reactions such as job burnout. In this paper, the relationship between coaches' job stress and job burnout was investigated from the perspective of individuals by surveying 605 coaches using the coaches' job stress questionnaire and job burnout scale, and the data were analyzed by using the latent profile analysis method. The results showed that: (1) coaches' job stress can be divided into "higher stress group", "high stress group", "medium stress group" and "low stress group", with the proportions of 39.67%, 28.43%, 20.50% and 11.41% respectively; (2) The job burnout scores of coaches were significantly different in these four latent categories. The coaches generally had a high job stress. Compared with the low-stress group, the coaches aged 30-39 had higher job stress. Conclusions: There are four latent types of coaches' job stress: higher stress group, high stress group, medium stress group and low stress group. Coaches have high job stress generally. Only age can affect job stress in different demographic characteristics (gender, age, marriage, educational background). Coaches' job stress and job burnout (alienation, inefficiency and emotional exhaustion) are significantly positively correlated. Job burnout (alienation, inefficiency and emotional exhaustion) of different types of job stress are significantly different. Significance: The research results provide a new perspective for exploring the relationship between coaches' job stress and job burnout.