Coaching is a stressful occupation, with expectations that are physically and psychologically demanding. Coaches are highly susceptible to occupational burnout and presenteeism, which ultimately affects the entire sporting community. In this study, coaching stress was evaluated by surveying taekwondo coaches to analyze the contributions of unique cultural predispositions and workplace conditions (environmental) to coach stress, burnout, and presenteeism. We verified the positive correlation between workplace conditions, burnout, and presenteeism for 210 taekwondo coaches; performed frequency, correlation, and confirmatory analysis using the compiled data; and the discussed the results within the framework of a formulated structural equation model. The research results are as follows. First, the workplace conditions of taekwondo coaches had a negative effect on burnout syndrome. Second, the workplace conditions of taekwondo coaches had a negative effect on presenteeism. Lastly, burnout of taekwondo coaches had a significant effect on presenteeism. Therefore, coaches’ burnout decreases as their workplace conditions improve, and presenteeism decreases as their burnout increases in controlled workplace conditions.

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Background/Objectives: This study analyzes how Health and Fitness Awareness influences quality of life (QOL), mediated by Health Behavior Action and Safety Behavior Practice, within the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) framework. Methods: Accordingly, a multi-group structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was conducted on the data obtained from 6601 respondents selected from the 2024 National Sports for All Survey, jointly administered by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Sports Promotion Foundation. Nationally representative survey data was collected across metropolitan, mid-sized, and rural areas in South Korea. The analysis further examined whether the structural pathways differed by regional size. Outcome measures included path coefficients and latent mean differences among Health and Fitness Awareness, Health Behavior Action, Safety Behavior Practice, and Improvement in QOL. Results: The analysis revealed that Health and Fitness Awareness significantly influenced both Health Behavior Action and Safety Behavior Practice; these, in turn, had positive effects on Improvement in QOL. Moreover, the structural pathways differed by region: whereas Health Behavior Action played a more significant mediating role in large cities, Safety Behavior Practice was more prominent in mid-sized ones. Conclusions: These findings are expected to provide a theoretical and policy-based foundation for region-specific health promotion strategy development and health equity advancement.