in organized activities has been found to forestall psychological distress and promote positive development and mental health (e.g., Brière et al., 2018 ; Oberle et al., 2020 ). Organized activities, operationalized in the present study as high school sports, community sports, and nonsport
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Sport Participation, Extracurricular Activity Involvement, and Psychological Distress: A Latent Class Analysis of Canadian High School Student-Athletes
Camille Sabourin, Stéphanie Turgeon, Laura Martin, Scott Rathwell, Mark Bruner, John Cairney, and Martin Camiré
Attitudes and Opinions of Female High School Athletes About Sports-Focused Mindfulness Training and Practices
Douglas Worthen and James K. Luiselli
Female high school athletes playing volleyball and soccer (N = 32) responded to a social validity questionnaire that inquired about their experiences with a sportfocused mindfulness training program. On average, the student-athletes rated most highly the effects of mindfulness training on emotional awareness and attention focusing, the contribution of mindfulness toward team play, the benefit of having coaches learn mindfulness skills, and the application of mindfulness to other sports. There were dissimilar ratings between the volleyball and soccer student-athletes concerning use of mindfulness when preparing for and during games. Most of the formal mindfulness practices taught during the training program were rated as being helpful to very helpful. We discuss factors influencing these findings and implications for mindfulness–sport performance research.
Developmental Differences in Burnout Among High School Athletes in the United States: A Gendered Perspective
Tsz Lun (Alan) Chu, Bailey Sommerfeld, and Tao Zhang
—sports; competitive levels; countries; cultures; and settings (e.g., school, club, national training center). On the other hand, researchers’ approach to study developmental differences quantitatively and qualitatively—defining and categorizing age groups or development stages—may also influence their research
Exploring the Association Between Sport Participation and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in a Sample of Canadian High School Students
Jessica Murphy, Karen A. Patte, Philip Sullivan, and Scott T. Leatherdale
school sport predicted significant improvements in all three mental health measures ( Jewett et al., 2014 ). In the same sample, Sabiston et al. ( 2016 ) found that the association between high school sport participation and depressive symptoms may be influenced by sport type. After controlling for age
The Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions Among High School and Collegiate Student-Athletes: A Systematic Review
James E. Kaishian and Regina M. Kaishian
related mental health topics ( Harrer et al., 2020 ; Liu et al., 2019 ). Unfortunately, young people between ages 18 and 22 years (high school to college senior) are the most stressed, anxious, and depressed cohort in the United States ( Anchuri, Davoren, Shanahan, Torres, & Wilcox, 2019 ; Locke
Mindful Engagement Mediates the Relationship Between Motivational Climate Perceptions and Coachability for Male High School Athletes
Susumu Iwasaki, Mary D. Fry, and Candace M. Hogue
) for male high school (HS) athletes to their perceived coachability in sporting contexts. It was hypothesized that perceptions of a more caring and task-involving climate would be positively related to mindful engagement in athletes which, in turn, would be positively associated with coachability. In
Functional Analysis and Behavioral Coaching Intervention to Improve Tackling Skills of a High School Football Athlete
John V. Stokes and James K. Luiselli
Functional analysis (FA) is an experimental methodology for identifying the behavior-reinforcing effects of social and non-social consequences. The data produced from a FA are used to select intervention procedures. In this case study, we conducted a FA with a male high school football athlete by manipulating social contingencies within practice tackling drills. The FA suggested that the highest percentage of correct tackling occurred when the participant was able to “escape” interaction with the coach following drills. After demonstrating that the participant had a low percentage of correct tackling during a baseline (preintervention) phase, the coach provided him delayed written performance feedback after practice. This intervention was associated with a higher percentage of correct tackling. The participant also tackled proficiently during a postintervention in-game assessment. The advantages of conducting a FA when intervening with athletes are discussed.
The Adaptation and Evaluation of a Pilot Mindfulness Intervention Promoting Mental Health in Student Athletes
Audrey G. Evers, Jessica A Somogie, Ian L. Wong, Jennifer D. Allen, and Adolfo G. Cuevas
the lives of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student athletes, the NCAA ran a study called NCAA GOALS twice, in 2010 and 2015. They gathered responses from 21,000 student athletes at roughly 600 schools across Divisions I, II, and III. In the most recent 2015 NCAA GOALS study, they
Can Learning Self-Regulatory Competencies Through a Guided Intervention Improve Coaches’ Burnout Symptoms and Well-Being?
Kylie McNeill, Natalie Durand-Bush, and Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre
.e., sport, school, personal life). This is particularly relevant for the coaching domain because coaches and athletes often face similar stressors and must be able to effectively regulate themselves in the face of numerous demands in different contexts of their lives (e.g., achievement standards, pressure, lack of
Hope for a Better Future in an Uncertain Present: A Social Justice Reflection in Sport Psychology
Bernadette “Bernie” Compton
the online AASP certified course, but the course is an added expense to students already impacted by the cost of graduate school. Calls for attention to cultural issues in sport psychology are not new. Both Carole Oglesby ( 2001 ) and Diane Gill ( 1994 ) have spent decades raising awareness of
