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The purpose of this research is to adapt the Sports Exhaust Inventory, developed for the purpose of studying the sport-related exhaust in students studying in the sport field to Turkey. For this purpose, Sorkkila, Ryba, Aunola, Selänne and Salmela-Aro (2017) developed 10 materials and three sub-dimensions of the Sports Exhaust Reserve, adapted to Turkey, validity and reliability work was carried out. The research data was collected from 250 university students (98 women 39.2 and 152 men 60.8) who studied in the field of physical education and sports. The structure validity of the inventory has been tested by the DFA process and the validity of the model has been assessed by the conformity index. The calculated conformity ratio for the inventory is χ2/Sd=3.21; RMSEA= .094; GFI= .91; AGFI= .84; CFI= .95, IFI= . NFI = .92 and NNFI = .92. The measurement tool’s compatibility and distinctive validity studies have also been carried out. In accordance with the validity, the relationship between the Beck Depression Reserve and the Sports Exhaust Reserve is calculated. In the framework of the distinctive validity study, the relationship between the Rosenberg Equity Scale and the Sports Exhaust Reserve has been studied. In addition, the Cronbach alpha internal consistency ratio was calculated to determine the reliability level of the inventory, the Cronbach alpha internal consistency ratio was 0.81 for the whole measurement tool, 0.61 for the extinction size, 0.69 for the insensitivity size, and 0.61 for the insufficiency size. It can be said that the Sports Burnout Inventory is a valid and reliable measurement tool in measuring the sports burnout levels of university students studying in the field of sports. The findings obtained from the study were discussed in the light of the relevant literature, and suggestions for practitioners, future researchers and mental health were listed.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study to make an adaptation of Sport Burnout Inventory to the Turkish culture which is developed in order to examine the burnout of students studying in sport sciences. For this purpose, Sport Burnout Inventory developed by Sorkkila, Ryba, Aunola, Selänne & Salmela-Aro (2017) which consists of 10 items and three sub-dimensions has been adapted to Turkish and validity and reliability studies have been done. Data gathered from 250 university students (98 of them 39.2% are women and 152 of them 60.8% are men) studying in physical education and sports. The construct validity of the inventory was tested by CFA and the validity of the model was evaluated with fit indices. The goodness of fit indices calculated for the inventory are χ2/df= 3.21; RMSEA= .094; GFI= .91; AGFI= .84; CFI= .95, IFI= .95; NFI= .92 and NNFI= .92 respectively. Convergent validity and discriminant validity studies of the instrument were also done by using Beck Depression Inventory and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale with calculating relationships between for each. In addition, Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated to determine the reliability level of the inventory and it is found 0.81 for overall score, 0.61 for exhaustion, 0.69 for cynicism and  0.61 for inadequacy sub-dimensions. It can be said that SBI is a valid and reliable measurement tool to measure the levels of sports burnout of university students studying in the field of sports. The findings were discussed in the light of the related literature and suggestions were made to the practitioners, future researchers and the field of mental health.

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