scholarly journals Competing against COVID-19: have we forgotten about student-athletes’ mental health?

2021 ◽  
pp. bjsports-2021-104218
Author(s):  
Nicholas Grubic ◽  
Shagun Jain ◽  
Valentina Mihajlovic ◽  
Jane S Thornton ◽  
Amer M Johri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Student Athletes

Mental health protective factors among flourishing Canadian women university student-athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 101847
Author(s):  
Kurtis Pankow ◽  
Tara-Leigh F. McHugh ◽  
Amber D. Mosewich ◽  
Nicholas L. Holt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
University Student

Trends in College Student-Athlete Mental Health in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA), 2011–2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Edwards ◽  
Andrew W. Froehle ◽  
Siobhan E. Fagan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Athletic Trainers ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Student Athlete ◽  
National College Health Assessment ◽  
Health Related ◽  
College Health Assessment ◽  
Over Time

ABSTRACT Context: Recently the athletic training community has paid increased attention to college student-athlete mental health, treatment-seeking, and impacts on athletic and academic performance. Ongoing efforts to better-educate and equip athletic trainers to help student-athletes in this regard should result in improved mental health-related outcomes. Objective: Examine changes in student-athlete mental health over the past decade compared to non-athlete students. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: United States colleges and universities. Patients or Other Participants: Varsity athletes (n=54,479) and non-athlete students (n=448,301) who completed the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) between 2011 and 2019. Main Outcome Measures: Survey responses (self-report) to questions in five mental health-related domains: symptoms, diagnoses, treatment-seeking, institutional information distribution, and academic impacts. Results: Student-athletes consistently reported significantly lower symptom and diagnose rates than non-athletes, except for attempted suicide, substance abuse, and eating disorders. Diagnoses increased over time in both groups, but remained lower in athletes. Treatment-seeking and openness to future treatment increased over time in both groups, but remained lower in athletes. Student-athletes received more information on stress reduction, substance abuse, eating disorders, and handling distress/violence than non-athletes. Both groups received information more frequently over time. Athletes reported lower academic impacts, especially for depression and anxiety, but impacts grew over time in both groups. Impacts of injuries and extracurricular activities on academic performance were higher in athletes than in non-athletes. Conclusions: Athletes reported overall lower levels of symptoms, diagnoses, and academic impacts than non-athletes. While non-athlete rates climbed over the past decade, athletes' rates broadly remained flat or climbed less rapidly. Increasingly positive attitudes toward treatment are encouraging, but the deficit relative to non-athletes remains. Ongoing efforts of athletic trainers to educate athletes and guide them to mental health resources are needed in order to continue (or, better yet, accelerate) the observed positive trends in information dissemination and treatment-seeking.

The Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Program in Increasing Mental Health Knowledge in Collegiate Athletes: A Critically Appraised Topic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Alexis Peters ◽  
Julliana Tapia ◽  
Stephanie H. Clines
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Clinical Question ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Psychoeducational Program ◽  
Mental Health Knowledge

Focused Clinical Question: Does the implementation of a psychoeducational program increase mental health knowledge among collegiate student-athletes? Clinical Bottom Line: There is consistent, limited-quality patient-oriented evidence to suggest that implementation of a psychoeducational program is effective in increasing mental health knowledge in collegiate student-athletes based on the guidelines of the strength of recommendation taxonomy.

scholarly journals Sport-life Balance and Mental Health in University Student-athletes: A Comparative Study by Admissions Pathway

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 3_341-3_349
Author(s):  
Hirokazu ARAI ◽  
Tatsuo SUGIMOTO ◽  
Masayuki MASUDA ◽  
Shotaro KAMANO ◽  
Akira TOKUYASU
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
University Student ◽  
Life Balance

scholarly journals Levels and Prevalence of Mental Health Functioning in Canadian University Student-Athletes

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista J. Van Slingerland ◽  
Natalie Durand-Bush ◽  
Scott Rathwell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Situation ◽  
Mental Health Functioning ◽  
Health Functioning ◽  
The Impact

We examined the level and prevalence of mental health functioning (MHF) in intercollegiate student-athletes from 30 Canadian universities, and the impact of time of year, gender, alcohol use, living situation, year of study, and type of sport on MHF. An online survey completed in November 2015 (N = 388) and March 2016 (n = 110) revealed that overall, MHF levels were moderate to high, and more student-athletes were flourishing than languishing. MHF levels did not significantly differ across time based on gender, alcohol use, living situation, year of study, and type of sport. Eighteen percent reported a previous mental illness diagnosis and yet maintained moderate MHF across time. These findings support Keyes’ (2002) dual-continua model, suggesting that the presence of mental illness does not automatically imply low levels of well-being and languishing. Nonetheless, those without a previous diagnosis were 3.18 times more likely to be flourishing at Time 1 (November 2015).  

An Online Intervention to Support Student-Athlete Mental Health: Implementation, Evaluation, and Critical Reflection

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (S1) ◽  
pp. S1-54-S1-61
Author(s):  
Ben Laslett ◽  
Mark Uphill
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Multiple Baseline ◽  
Probe Design ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Single Subject Design ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Mental Well Being

This study examined the influence of two interventions (therapeutic letter to self; values targeting) on student-athletes’ mental health using two variants of a single-subject design: a multiple-baseline single-subject design and a probe design. Four high-ability student-athletes (two males and two females) who competed in various sports (e.g., soccer and cycling) completed two preintervention measures (Mental Health Continuum Short Form; Clinical Outcomes Routine Evaluation 10) at baseline. These measures were then readministered after Intervention 1, Intervention 2, and at a 2-week follow-up using a probe design. Mental well-being (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale) was assessed every 2 days from start to finish using a multiple-baseline across-participants design. Data were analyzed via visual inspection methods, specifically, immediacy of effect, mean change, effect sizes, and percentage of overlapping data. Results indicated that two participants who completed the study (Nina and Tim) showed an increase in total mental health and a decrease in psychological distress from baseline to follow-up. Findings are discussed with respect to prior research and study limitations.

Counseling Injured Female Student-Athletes: A Discussion of Clinical Interventions

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mildred Mary Witt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Female Student ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Cognitive Processing Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Consultation ◽  
Student Athlete ◽  
Mindfulness Skills

Sustaining an injury can be traumatic for a collegiate student-athlete. Serious injuries are often accompanied by complex emotional and psychological responses that warrant a mental health consultation and clinical intervention. Anxiety and stress-related concerns are increasingly prevalent in the student-athlete population, particularly among female student-athletes. This paper reviews the relevant injury, sports psychology, and counseling literature pertaining to student-athletes, with a focus on female collegiate athletes. Utilizing a hypothetical case illustration, the counseling needs of the injured female student-athlete are discussed. Three therapeutic interventions: expressive writing, cognitive processing therapy, and Koru Meditation, an evidencedbased curriculum for teaching mindfulness skills, are proposed to reduce anxiety, injury-related stress, and other mental health concerns in this population.

Athletes Connected: Results From a Pilot Project to Address Knowledge and Attitudes About Mental Health Among College Student-Athletes

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Kern ◽  
William Heininger ◽  
Emily Klueh ◽  
Stephanie Salazar ◽  
Barbara Hansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Student ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
New Research ◽  
College Student Athletes

Student-athletes experience mental health problems, but they often encounter barriers to seeking help. This study reports findings from the pilot phase of Athletes Connected (AC), a new research and practice program at the University of Michigan addressing mental health and help-seeking behaviors among collegiate student-athletes. Members of the AC team gave presentations consisting of contact- and education-based interventions to every varsity athletic team at a large Division I Midwestern university, along with pre- and postsurvey questionnaires to measure their efficacy. The presentations included an educational overview of mental health, two videos highlighting former student-athletes’ struggles with mental illnesses, and a discussion at the end with the former athletes portrayed in the videos. A total of 626 student-athletes completed the pre- and postsurveys. Results indicated significant increases in knowledge and positive attitudes toward mental health and help-seeking. These results suggest that brief contact- and education-based interventions may be helpful in reducing stigma and promoting help-seeking behavior among college student-athletes.

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