Athlete Burnout Measure (ABM) Test

After 15 questions in about 3 minutes, the Athlete Burnout Measure (ABM) Test highlights patterns of exhaustion, devaluation of sport, and a reduced sense of accomplishment. Its result can help athletes reflect on fatigue, dissatisfaction with results, and doubts about success, supporting more informed self-awareness.

Questions: 153 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

DevaluationD

Measures the extent to which an athlete becomes cynical about and devalues their sport participation and achievements.

example score15/25

15/25Elevated devaluationexample score

5 – 13Low devaluation

14 – 25Elevated devaluation

A score of 15 indicates an elevated tendency to dismiss or downplay the value of sport participation and personal achievements.

Emotional/Physical ExhaustionEE

Measures the degree of emotional and physical exhaustion resulting from prolonged sport-related demands and chronic training stress.

example score14/25

14/25Low exhaustionexample score

5 – 14Low exhaustion

15 – 25Elevated exhaustion

A score of 14 indicates low exhaustion, suggesting fatigue and stress from training are present but not elevated on this scale.

Reduced Sense of AccomplishmentRSoA

Measures dissatisfaction with achievements and persistent doubts about one’s effectiveness and self-fulfillment in sport.

example score11/25

11/25Lowexample score

5 – 15Low

16 – 25High

A score of 11 falls in the Low range, suggesting relatively limited doubts about success and generally adequate satisfaction with recent achievements.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Pro athletes in season

47%OF USERS

Professional athletes take it to check for emotional exhaustion, reduced accomplishment, or growing detachment while training and competing under heavy demands.

Coaches and team staff

31%OF USERS

Coaches, trainers, and support staff use it to spot burnout risk early and adjust training load, recovery, and expectations for a specific athlete.

Sports psychologists and mentors

22%OF USERS

Mental performance professionals use it to structure conversations and target interventions around motivation, stress, and engagement in sport.

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

DevaluationD

You?

Average12.1

Typical rangeTypical9 – 15.3

Possible5 – 25

Emotional/Physical exhaustionEe

You?

Average17.1

Typical rangeTypical14.5 – 19.8

Possible5 – 25

Reduced sense of self-fulfillmentRsos

You?

Average18.4

Typical rangeTypical14.7 – 22.2

Possible5 – 25

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- 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 Measure (ABM) Test - Description and methodology of the test

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People who feel persistently drained, detached from sport, or disappointed by their progress may use the Athlete Burnout Measure (ABM) Test to organize those experiences into a readable profile. This athlete burnout test focuses on sport-related strain rather than general mood and can help respondents notice whether fatigue, loss of value, or doubts about achievement are most prominent.

What This Assessment Explores

Sport-related strain can appear as physical tiredness, emotional depletion, indifference toward performance, or disappointment with progress. In this sports burnout assessment, questions touch on training effort, perceived success, and whether sport feels meaningful, helping respondents identify which experience deserves closer reflection. It is intended for people who participate in sport and reflect on sport-related demands.

The result contains three dimensions:

Devaluation (5-25) shows how cynical or dismissive the respondent feels toward sport and athletic achievement; Low devaluation is 5-13 and Elevated devaluation is 14-25.
Emotional/Physical Exhaustion (5-25) reflects fatigue and chronic sport-related stress; Low exhaustion is 5-14 and Elevated exhaustion is 15-25.
Reduced Sense of Accomplishment (5-25) reflects doubts about success and dissatisfaction with results; Low is 5-15 and High is 16-25.

Together, they show whether burnout-related experiences center on energy loss, detachment, or dissatisfaction with results and doubts about success.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item uses five ordered choices-Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, and Always-so the respondent indicates how frequently the statement fits their sport experience. The answers are combined into three dimension scores, producing a profile rather than a pass/fail result.

The closest published instrument is the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire, which organizes burnout around exhaustion, sport devaluation, and a reduced sense of accomplishment. Raedeke’s sport-commitment perspective treats burnout as more than ordinary stress, connecting it with continued involvement in sport. The online questionnaire is conceptually consistent with this instrument and perspective; its displayed profile does not claim to reproduce the manual’s standardized administration or scoring. The ABQ manual provides further context for interpreting the source measure.

Read the profile as a description of reported experiences: its displayed bands show each pattern’s level but not the cause of a high result. Honest self-report, current workload, injury, recovery, and personal expectations can affect responses. As a burnout questionnaire for athletes, it is most useful alongside recent training demands, motivation, sleep, and support, which can place the pattern in context.

Author: Smith, A. L.

Literature:

Raedeke, Thomas D., and Alan L. Smith. 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, Thomas D., and Alan L. Smith. 2009. The Athlete Burnout Questionnaire Manual. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.
Raedeke, Thomas D. 1997. Is Athlete Burnout More Than Just Stress? A Sport Commitment Perspective. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 19(4), 396-417. 10.1123/jsep.19.4.396

Updated: 2025-10-02