Does Typus Melancholicus determine characteristics of athlete burnout symptom and its process among Japanese university athletes?

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Typus Melancholicus (TM) personality can be used to explain some individual differences related to the degree of athlete burnout and the features of its process, based on a comparison between TM and non-TM groups. For this purpose, we conducted a questionnaire investigation administered to Japanese university athletes using the Depression-related Personality Trait Scale, Athlete Burnout Questionnaire, Daily and Competitive Stressor Scale, and Modified-COPE, and collected 1,086 samples. The results revealed that although there were no differences in the degrees of burnout, there were different features in the burnout process that depended on whether he/she had TM features.