بررسي فرسودگي ناشي از قضاوت در داوران ملي و بين المللي فوتبال ايران و رابطه آن با ميزان استرس

A Survey of Refereeing Burnout among Iranian Soccer Super League Referees and to Study its Relationship to Stress Level

The main purpose of this research was to study the burnout of referees among Iranian soccer super league referees and to determine its relationship to their stress level In this respect, it was decided to use the revised questionnaire of burnout (Winnerberg and Richardson, 1992) and refereefs stress level questionnaire (Nosy, 1994). Personal characteristics questionnaire was also devised when its content validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was tested by Cronbachfs alpha (0.82). 32 referees were randomly selected from all the referees in Iranian Soccer super League (N=35) and 30 questionnaires were filled out and returned (%93.75). The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent TANOVA, Correlation coefficient) (P<0.05). After analyzing data, the average score for burnout and referees9 stress in Iranian Soccer super League was 52.53 and 76.39 respectively (The maximum score of bum out and stress level was 112 and 100 respectively). Also, there was a significant relationship between burnout and referees9 stress level (r = 0.45, P<0.013). Eventually, the results showed that stress is a suitable factor to predict burnout. In addition, Iranian referees have a high stress level during their judgment.