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Experiences of Current National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Collegiate Student-Athletes With Mental Health Resources.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Experiences of Current National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Collegiate Student-Athletes With Mental Health Resources.
المؤلفون: Young, Reann D., Neil, Elizabeth R., Eberman, Lindsey E., Armstrong, Tara A., Winkelmann, Zachary K.
المصدر: Journal of Athletic Training (Allen Press); Sep2023, Vol. 58 Issue 9, p704-714, 11p, 6 Charts
مصطلحات موضوعية: COLLEGE athletes, STUDENT health services, HEALTH services accessibility, SOCIAL support, ATHLETIC associations, RESEARCH methodology, SELF-control, SOCIAL networks, MENTAL health, INTERVIEWING, EXPERIENCE, QUALITATIVE research, ACADEMIC achievement, SPORTS psychology, ADVERTISING, PSYCHOSOCIAL factors, SOUND recordings, STUDENT attitudes, PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation, MENTAL health services, PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
مصطلحات جغرافية: UNITED States
مستخلص: Collegiate student-athletes (SAs) experience psychological stressors due to rigid schedules, team conflict, and injury. These factors can result in symptoms of mental health conditions, decreased daily functioning, and suicidality. To explore National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I SAs' experiences with mental health and access to and experiences with mental health resources at their university. Consensual qualitative research study. One-on-one interviews. Twenty-three Division I SAs (18 women, 5 men; mean age = 20 ± 2 years). Participants completed a semistructured interview that focused on their experiences with mental health. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim via Zoom. Credibility and trustworthiness were established via member checking, triangulation, and peer discussion among a 3-person coding team. Two domains, increased expectations and resources and management, were identified. The participants shared how they balanced life as a college student, academic stressors, performance expectations, and a sport-first mindset they perceived from coaches and support staff. They discussed their experience with the internal support network of coaches, the athletic department, and sport psychology. Participants remarked on their external support network, which included their family, friends, and psychological services. The resources available at their institutions and their accessibility were perceived both positively and negatively. Some collegiate SAs described resources as helpful, whereas others portrayed a lack of timeliness for appointments, lack of advertisement, incomprehension by counselors of athlete demands, and no sport-specific counseling as barriers. Collegiate SAs expressed mental health concerns due to stress and the demands of sport participation. Self-regulated coping strategies and support networks continue to be powerful and helpful resources for mental health, with or without a diagnosed condition. Barriers to mental health service use were a lack of sport specificity and lack of access. Institutions need to focus on creating athlete-centered mental health resources with annual advertisements to increase use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index
الوصف
تدمد:10626050
DOI:10.4085/1062-6050-0180.22