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This study examined the psychometric properties of the athlete burnout questionnaire (ABQ) scale in athletes from different sports. The original scale contains 15 items and 3 subscales of physical-emotional exhaustion, reduced sense of accomplishment and sport devaluation. In the present study, the questionnaire was translated into Persian and was distributed between the 225 athletes from different sports aged 15-35 years. It was used Cronbach's alpha coefficient to estimate the reliability, Exploratory Factor Analysis to explore latent factors, and confirmatory factor analysis to test its construct validity. Results confirmed the reliability and validity of the scale. Totally, this scale with 3 factors, explained 58% of total variance. Related to internal consistency of each subscale, the reliability coefficients were 0.77 for physical-emotional exhaustion; 0.80 for reduced sense of accomplishment; and 0.82 for sport devaluation. Overall, it seems the athlete burnout questionnaire from Raedeke and Smith is suitable tool for assessing athlete burnout in Iranian community devaluation.
 
 
 
 

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