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Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) Test

Designed for athletes, the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) Test takes about 3 minutes and includes 15 questions. It highlights patterns of exhaustion, reduced motivation, and diminished satisfaction with sporting achievements, helping respondents reflect on their current relationship with training and competition and consider where recovery or support may be useful.

Questions: 153 minutes

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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

Reduced Sense of AccomplishmentRSoA

This scale measures how much an athlete is starting to downplay the importance and value of their sport achievements.

example score16/25

16/25Highexample score

5 – 7Low

8 – 14Moderate

15 – 25High

A score of 16 falls in the High range, suggesting a noticeable tendency to devalue sport achievements and reduced interest in pursuing further progress.

Emotional/Physical ExhaustionEE

Measures the degree of emotional and physical fatigue and reduced energy that can undermine motivation to train or compete.

example score22/25

22/25Highexample score

5 – 7Low

8 – 14Moderate

15 – 25High

A score of 22 falls in the High range, indicating pronounced emotional and physical fatigue and reduced energy for training or competition.

Reduced Sense of AccomplishmentRSoA

Measures how strongly an athlete feels ineffective or less satisfied with their sporting achievements and progress.

example score14/25

14/25Moderateexample score

5 – 12Low

13 – 17Moderate

18 – 25High

A score of 14 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a somewhat reduced sense of accomplishment that may be accompanied by lower satisfaction with progress or motivation.

Psychological BurnoutPB

Measures the athlete’s overall emotional and physical exhaustion, reduced motivation, and tendency to devalue sporting achievements.

example score52/75

52/75Highexample score

15 – 26Low

27 – 42Moderate

43 – 75High

A score of 52 falls in the High range, suggesting pronounced mental burnout symptoms such as fatigue, lowered motivation, and reduced sense of accomplishment.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Competitive athletes feeling drained

44%OF USERS

Athletes in intensive training who notice fatigue, lower motivation, or frustration with their results take it to understand whether burnout is building.

Coaches monitoring team load

33%OF USERS

Coaches use it to quickly check how athletes are coping with training demands and adjust workload or recovery before performance drops.

Sports psychologists and support staff

23%OF USERS

Practitioners administer it during check-ins to pinpoint whether exhaustion, reduced accomplishment, or devaluation is the main issue to address.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Devaluing AchievementsDA

You?

Average12.2

Typical rangeTypical9.8 – 14.6

Possible5 – 25

Emotional/Physical ExhaustionEE

You?

Average16.7

Typical rangeTypical14.1 – 19.3

Possible5 – 25

Reduced Sense of AccomplishmentRSoA

You?

Average15.2

Typical rangeTypical12.5 – 17.8

Possible5 – 25

Mental BurnoutMB

You?

Average51

Typical rangeTypical43.3 – 58.6

Possible15 – 75

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You are presented with a questionnaire assessing your attitudes toward sports. Each item has five response options: almost never, rarely, sometimes, often, and almost always. All responses are equally acceptable; there are no right or wrong answers. Please select one response option for each statement.

- Almost never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always
- Almost never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always
- Almost never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always

These are 3 of the 15 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) Test - Description and methodology of the test

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People who train or compete can use the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) Test to examine whether fatigue, fading motivation, or disappointment with performance are recurring features of their sporting experience. It is intended for athletes who want structure around their relationship with sport, especially when training feels harder to sustain or achievements feel less rewarding. An athlete burnout assessment gives reflection a clearer focus on recovery, engagement, and support.

What This Assessment Measures

Burnout here means a sport-related pattern of depleted energy, lower satisfaction with achievement, and distance from participation. Items address training exhaustion, perceived underperformance, fading concern about success, reduced involvement, and negative feelings toward sport. The result highlights which parts are more prominent, not athletic ability. A sports burnout test works best alongside workload, recovery, injury, sleep, and current emotions.

The displayed profile contains these dimensions:

Emotional/Physical Exhaustion (5-25) reflects fatigue and low energy: Low 5-7; Moderate 8-14; High 15-25.
Reduced Sense of Accomplishment (5-25) reflects devalued results and less development interest: Low 5-7; Moderate 8-14; High 15-25.
Reduced Sense of Accomplishment (5-25) reflects reduced striving and satisfaction: Low 5-12; Moderate 13-17; High 18-25.
Psychological Burnout (15-75) reflects the overall pattern: Low 15-26; Moderate 27-42; High 43-75.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement uses a five-point frequency response: Almost never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, or Almost always. The statements include both positively and negatively phrased descriptions of strain and accomplishment. The questionnaire produces dimension totals and an overall score; higher values indicate more burnout-related difficulty under the catalogue’s definitions. The displayed bands are the available interpretation, while the response-to-score procedure and each response’s contribution are not specified.

The published Athlete Burnout Questionnaire organizes around exhaustion, reduced accomplishment, and sport devaluation. The 2009 manual by Raedeke and Smith provides administration and interpretation guidance. This online questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that instrument.

Self-report can shift with workload, mood, memory, self-awareness, and candor, so the profile describes current responses rather than establishing a diagnosis or fixed cause. An athlete burnout profile can show whether exhaustion, achievement concerns, and distancing from sport appear together or separately.

Author: Smith, A. L.

Literature:

Raedeke, T. D., & Smith, A. L. (2001). Development and preliminary validation of an athlete burnout measure. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 23(4), 281-306. 10.1123/jsep.23.4.281
Raedeke, T. D., & Smith, A. L. (2009). The Athlete Burnout Questionnaire Manual. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Updated: 2025-10-02