Athlete burnout, a phenomenon that has been studied in previous research, is a concern in terms of athletes` health and well-being. Further, it is assumed by many sport coaches that the longer athletes compete in a sport, the greater chance for athlete burnout and the potential negative health consequences they could incur. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to determine the correlation between years of sport competition and an athletes` level of burnout on the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) subscales of Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and Personal Accomplishment (PA). The study was limited to female athletes at a Division I institution in the southeastern United States and included 99 participants. Ages ranged from 19 to 24 (M = 19.8) and participants were current members of the basketball (n=15), cross country (n=8), soccer (n=29), softball (n=17), tennis (n=3), track and field (n=19), and volleyball (n=17) teams. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlations.
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