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Researchers have found varied results when comparing rates of burnout between male and female athletes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aims to review the current literature with the goal of determining what differences exist between male and female athletes regarding sport burnout.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Data Sources:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PubMed (Medline), Cochrane library, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL, Embase, and Web of Science.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study Selection:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Articles that were originally written in English, included athletes participating in organized sport, evaluated athletic burnout, and compared rates of burnout among different sexes were included in this review. Articles that were cadaveric, animal, review, or expert opinions were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Systematic review.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Level 4.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Data Extraction:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The age, sex, sport, and level of athletic competition of individual athletes were extracted from each article in addition to burnout rates and outcome scores of male and female athletes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the 18 studies included in this review, 10 (56%) found no significant differences in sport burnout among male and female athletes, 7 (39%) found that female athletes experienced greater burnout than male athletes and 1 (5.6%) found that male athletes experienced greater burnout than female athletes. Reduced sense of accomplishment and physical\/emotional exhaustion were implicated in creating more burnout among female athletes than their male counterparts in 4 studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>It remains unclear how the constructs of sex and gender affect athlete burnout. The heterogeneity of studies included in this review prevented the analysis of how participation in team sports, participation in individual sports, level of competition, and the coach-athlete relationship influence sport burnout. More standardized studies are needed to better evaluate the effect sex and gender have on athlete burnout as well as how athletes involved in various sports are affected by burnout.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/19417381261492950","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]],"date-time":"2026-10-15T07:28:02Z","timestamp":1792049282000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Female Versus Male Differences in Burnout With Sport: A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9604-0190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eva","family":"Bowles","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher D.","family":"Bernard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2347-1329","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Levi","family":"Aldag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Vopat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2795-523X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Megan","family":"Wolf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7805-2658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kimberly","family":"Templeton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6125-8169","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mary K.","family":"Mulcahey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Loyola Medicine Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Chicago, Illinois"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-3289-863X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Meghan","family":"Lemons","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-3099-8448","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Annie","family":"Gordon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabrielle","family":"Blain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jake","family":"Enos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bryan G.","family":"Vopat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsams.2019.10.022"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","first-page":"11","article-title":"Psychological skills and burnout in sports performance - an analysis of Olympic wrestling","author":"Bereng\u00fc\u00ed Gil R","year":"2015","unstructured":"Bereng\u00fc\u00ed Gil R, Garc\u00e9s de, Los Fayos Ruiz EJ, L\u00f3pez-Gull\u00f3n JM, Cuevas Caravaca E. 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