THE EFFECT OF RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (REBT) ON NEGATIVE PERFECTIONISM AND BURNOUT IN ATHLETES

The main purpose of this study was examining the effectiveness of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) on negative perfectionism and burnout in athletes. This study was a semi - empirical research and the design of that included pre-test, post- test with control group. Statistical population of this study was adolescent and youth wrestlers. By screening we selected 30 persons of these wrestlers who had high level of negative perfectionism and burnout. These selected athletes randomly divided into experimental and control group. In this study, positive and negative perfectionism scale and athlete burnout questionnaire were used for examining ‎the perfectionism and burnout. For data analysis‎, independent t-test was used. The results showed that Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) made significant difference ‎in negative perfectionism and decreased it. But, it didn't make significant difference in burnout and its subscales. Overall, this study showed that we can use Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) for decreasing negative perfectionism.