Social-emotional behaviors in African-American toddlers : the role of risk and protective factors.

Flores, Paulette

doi:10.18297/etd/445

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“…An important reflection is that sports participation is just one aspect of an adolescent's life, and a broad consideration of factors that may impact mental health is important. However, the current findings demonstrate that while organized sport has been previously labeled a protective factor against psychological distress (Flores‐Barriga, 2010), there are some malleable factors associated with poor mental health in grassroots sports akin to those that have been identified in elite adolescent sports (Belz et al, 2018; Gerber et al, 2018; Junge & Feddermann‐Demont, 2016). A novel approach to tackle rising rates of poor mental health in adolescent females may be to deliver interventions via grassroots sports clubs.…”

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“…Organized, community‐level sport is argued to be a protective factor against depression and anxiety in adolescence because it incorporates two factors that promote psychological resilience (Flores‐Barriga, 2010): (1) physical activity (Biddle & Asare, 2011) and (2) community participation and social relationships (Eime et al, 2013). However, much of our knowledge about sports participation and mental health comes from populations of elite athletes, defined as high‐performing national and international competitors, and professional and semiprofessional sportspersons (Rice et al, 2016).…”

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Psychological predictors of adolescent depression and anxiety symptoms across one season in grassroots netball

Davies,

Turner,

Hopley

et al. 2023

Mental Health Science

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Much of our knowledge about the relationship between psychological variables related to sport and adolescent mental health is based on research from elite athletes. However, the vast majority of adolescents who engage in sports do so at the grassroots level. We therefore sought to understand how self‐reported psychological variables and sleep may be associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety across one season in grassroots adolescent netball. We collected self‐report, paper‐based questionnaire data from adolescent netball players at one large netball club based in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom at the start of the season (timepoint 1, September 2018, N = 140) and end of the season (timepoint 2, March 2019, N = 132). Ages ranged from 11 to 19 (M = 13.54), which were categorized as under 14s (U14, ages 11–14) and under 19s (U19, ages 15–19). Participants self‐reported symptoms of depression and anxiety, basic psychological needs related to netball, demands and resources related to netball, and sleep quality at each time point. We used standardized residual change scores to test whether changes in the psychological variables related to their engagement in grassroots netball (basic psychological needs, demands and resources) and sleep quality were associated with changes in depression and anxiety symptoms over time. We report that increases in perceived sporting demands and reductions in sleep quality were associated with elevated symptoms of depression over the season. Reductions in perceptions of autonomy were associated with increases in symptoms of anxiety. We report novel evidence that self‐reported, malleable psychological variables related to sports participation, and sleep quality, are associated with mental health in youth female athletes competing at the grassroots level. It would be worthwhile to explore whether mental health interventions and/or education delivered via grassroots sports clubs may be an effective method for promoting mental health resilience in adolescent athletes.

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