Table 1_The association between data-driven training monitoring and athlete burnout: a chain-mediated indirect path between performance anxiety and psychological exhaustion.xlsx

However, continuous data collection, performance metric comparisons, and evaluative feedback may also constitute emerging sources of psychological stress for athletes. Drawing on the Technology Stress Generators Model, the Challenge–Hindrance Stressor Framework, and the Job Demands–Resources Model, this study examined the relationships among data-driven training monitoring stress (DTMS), evaluative anxiety, psychological exhaustion, and athlete burnout, as well as potential differences across gender and sport type.</p>Methods<p>Cross-sectional questionnaire data were collected from 588 active athletes.

Confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, bootstrap tests of indirect effects, and multigroup analysis were conducted to examine the hypothesized relationships and between-group differences.</p>Results<p>DTMS was significantly and positively associated with evaluative anxiety, psychological exhaustion, and athlete burnout. Evaluative anxiety and psychological exhaustion each constituted a significant indirect pathway between DTMS and athlete burnout, and the sequential indirect pathway through evaluative anxiety and psychological exhaustion was also statistically significant.