Thesis:

Investigating the relationship between basic psychological needs and burnout with the mediating role of physical activity in physical education teachers in Sabzevar city.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs and job burnout with the mediating role of physical activity among physical education teachers in Sabzevar city. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational based on structural equation modeling in terms of data collection method. The statistical population consisted of all male and female physical education teachers in Sabzevar (N = 130), who were selected through a census method. The research instruments included the Basic Psychological Needs Questionnaire (Guardia et al., 2000), the Maslach and Jackson Job Burnout Questionnaire (1981), and the Sharkey Physical Activity Questionnaire (1997), all of which have been confirmed for validity and reliability in previous studies. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS26 and SmartPLS software through Pearson correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. The findings revealed a significant relationship between basic psychological needs and job burnout, and physical activity played a mediating role in this relationship

Keywords: Basic psychological needs, burnout, physical activity.