2 Department of Management and Organization, Eurasia University, Trabzon, Türkiye
3 Department of Sports Management, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Türkiye
4 Department of Sports Management, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Türkiye
5 Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Batman University, Batman, Türkiye
Abstract
Increasing performance pressure and occupational demands in sports settings highlight the need to examine referees’ psychological resilience and burnout levels. This study aimed to investigate the psychological resilience and burnout levels of karate referees across demographic and occupational variables. The study employed a quantitative research approach and included 297 actively officiating karate referees. Data were collected on a voluntary basis using the Adult Resilience Measure and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The findings revealed significant differences by gender in relational, individual, and familial resources, total psychological resilience, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment. Significant differences by marital status were found in cultural-contextual and familial resources and emotional exhaustion. Educational level was associated with significant differences in relational and familial resources, total psychological resilience, and all burnout subdimensions. Significant differences across age groups were identified in individual, cultural-contextual, and familial resources, total psychological resilience, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Regarding the duration of karate participation, significant differences were found in all psychological resilience subdimensions and the total score, as well as all burnout subdimensions. In conclusion, karate referees’ psychological resilience and burnout levels were found to vary across demographic characteristics and karate-specific experience variables.
Keywords
Psychological resilience,burnout,karate,referee
How to Cite
Dilekci, U., Demırcı, A. K., Ekinci, S., Kara, İrfan, & Bilgiç, F. B. (2026). Investigation of Turkish Karate Referees’ psychological resilience and burnout levels. International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences, 17(65), 1331–1343. https://doi.org/10.70736/ijoess.2424
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Alperen Kaan Demırcı2