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GLOBAL RESEARCH TRENDS ON BURNOUT AMONG ATHLETES: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE FROM 2000 TO 2025

SPORCULARDA TÜKENMİŞLİK ALANINDA KÜRESEL ARAŞTIRMA EĞİLİMLERİ: 2000-2025 YILLARI ARASINDAKİ LİTERATÜRÜN BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZİ

Demet Öztürk Çelik(OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR YÜKSEKOKULU, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR BÖLÜMÜ)0000-0002-3387-9600
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833–859
Publication Date
2026-06-15
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Moreover, according to the results of the co-occurrence network analysis according to the keywords, five main sub-themes were identified in the field clustered respectively as, “burnout, stress and performance”, “health and psychological well-being”, “risk and adolescent athletes”, “motivation and athlete burnout measurement tools” and self-determination theory and intrinsic motivation”.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Athlete burnout is one of the important psychological factors that negatively affect both the career development and mental health of athletes.
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Key Findings & Data:In the present study, a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the literature published between January 1, 2000 and November 12, 2025 was conducted to fill this gap in the field of athlete burnout.
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Conclusion & Impact:Moreover, according to the results of the co-occurrence network analysis according to the keywords, five main sub-themes were identified in the field clustered respectively as, “burnout, stress and performance”, “health and psychological well-being”, “risk and adolescent athletes”, “motivation and athlete burnout measurement tools” and self-determination theory and intrinsic motivation”.
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⚙️Variables:Sporcu Tükenmişliği · Sporcu · Bibliyometrik Analiz

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Athlete burnout is one of the important psychological factors that negatively affect both the career development and mental health of athletes. Although several systematic reviews have been performed to summarize the current knowledge in the field of athlete burnout, comprehensive bibliometric analysis studies are still limited. Furthermore, although systematic literature reviews enable us to summarize the existing knowledge and identify research gaps in a specific field, they lack the ability to reveal the structural connections and intellectual interactions between research components of given field. In the present study, a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the literature published between January 1, 2000 and November 12, 2025 was conducted to fill this gap in the field of athlete burnout. A total number of 421 articles indexed in the Web of Science database were included in the study and the data were analyzed using biblioshiny tool of bibliometrix software. According to the performance analysis results, the interest in the field of athlete burnout continues to increase rapidly among researchers, with an annual publication increase rate of 12.13%. The most productive and influential author in the field is identified as Gustafsson H., the most published journal is identified as Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Moreover, according to the results of the co-occurrence network analysis according to the keywords, five main sub-themes were identified in the field clustered respectively as, “burnout, stress and performance”, “health and psychological well-being”, “risk and adolescent athletes”, “motivation and athlete burnout measurement tools” and self-determination theory and intrinsic motivation”.

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Sporcu tükenmişliği, sporcuların hem kariyer gelişimlerini hem de mental sağlıklarını olumsuz yönde etkileyen önemli psikolojik etkenlerden biridir. Literatürde sporcu tükenmişliği alanına ilişkin mevcut bilgi birikiminin özetlenmesini amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiş çeşitli sistematik literatür taramaları bulunsa da kapsamlı bibliyometrik analiz çalışmaları kısıtlıdır. Sistematik litertür taramaları her ne kadar bir alana ilişkin mevcut bilgi birikiminin özetlenmesini, ilgili alandaki boşlukların ortaya koyulmasını sağlasa da ilgili alandaki araştırma bileşenleri arasındaki yapısal bağlantıları ve entelektüel etkileşimleri ortaya koymakta zorlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, sporcu tükenmişliği alanındaki, bu boşluğu doldurmak amacıyla, 1 Ocak 2000 ile 12 Kasım 2025 tarih aralığında literatürün kapsamlı bir bibliyometrik analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmaya Web of Science veri tabanında dizinlenen 421 makale dahil edilmiş ve veriler bibliometrix yazılımının biblioshiny aracıyla analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre yıllık %12,13 yayın artış hızıyla alana olan ilgi hızla artmaya devam etmektedir. Alandaki en üretken yazar Gustafsson H., en çok yayın yapan dergi Psychology of Sport and Exercise dergisidir. Ayrıca anahtar kelimelere göre eş-birliktelik ağı analizi sonuçlarına göre alanda “tükenmişlik, stres ve performans”, “sağlık ve psikolojik iyi oluş”, “risk ve adölesan sporcular”, “motivasyon ve sporcu tükenmişliği ölçme araçları” ve “öz belirleme kuramı ve içsel motivasyon” başlıklarında kümelenmiş beş ana alt tema tespit edilmiştir.

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Çelik, D. Ö. (2026). GLOBAL RESEARCH TRENDS ON BURNOUT AMONG ATHLETES: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE FROM 2000 TO 2025. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Cilt: 28 Sayı: 2, 833–859. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.1833338

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