The Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness (COSMF) and the Committee on School Health (COSH; 2000 ) suggested that physical education classes play an important role in introducing and promoting physical activity to youth and adolescents. This introduction may be the first time that students are
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Students’ Perceived Experiences of Competitive Activities Through Electronic Platforms
Eve Bernstein
Stressors, Coping, and Support Mechanisms for Student Athletes Combining Elite Sport and Tertiary Education: Implications for Practice
Suzanne Cosh and Phillip J. Tully
Participation in elite-sport and education is stressful and can result in sacrificed educational attainment. A dearth of research, however, has explored the specific stressors encountered by student athletes and coping strategies used, resulting in limited knowledge of how to best support student athletes. Interviews with 20 Australian university student athletes were conducted and data were analyzed via thematic analysis. Interviewees reported encountering numerous stressors, especially relating to schedule clashes, fatigue, financial pressure, and inflexibility of coaches. Athletes identified few coping strategies but reported that support from parents and coaches was paramount. Athletes would benefit from upskilling in several areas such as effective use of time, self-care, time management, enhanced self-efficacy, and specific strategies for coping with stress. Coaches have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in facilitating successful integration of sport and education.
Exploring the Communication of Student-Athlete Pathways as a Transformative Service in Australian Higher Education
Bridie Kean, David Fleischman, and Peter English
student-athletes to higher-education institutions or how they are communicated. Like the United Kingdom, however, research into the nature, support, and experiences of undertaking student-athlete pathways is emerging, but in less capacity. For instance, Cosh and Tully ( 2014 ) found that a main challenge
A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Mental Health Symptoms and Disorders in Rugby Players
Shakiba Oftadeh-Moghadam and Paul Gorczynski
into early retirement without any form of career-transition plans. Consequently, retirement, and thus transition out of elite sport, may increase athletes’ susceptibility to mental health symptoms and disorders, and raise challenges with postcareer life ( Cosh et al., 2020 ). Masculinity contests are
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
in student athletes ( NCAA, 2016 ), who experience more intense scheduling demands, physical and emotional fatigue ( Cosh & Tully, 2015 ), and coaching stressors ( Isoard-Gautheur & Guillet-Descas, 2012 ). Student athletes report a lack of resources for mental health and are in need of improved
Restoring Harmony in the Lifeworld? Identity, Learning, and Leaving Preelite Sport
Noora J. Ronkainen, Tatiana V. Ryba, and Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson
psychological interventions or screening during athletes’ careers should be undertaken, potentially to mitigate these risks ( Giannone, Haney, Kealy, & Ogrodniczuk, 2017 ). Despite the intensive physicality of sporting life projects, Hadiyan and Cosh ( 2019 ) recently noted that considerations of the athlete
Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Elite Athletics: “There’s a Lot of Work Still Yet To Be Done”
Sydney V.M. Smith, Audrey R. Giles, and Francine E. Darroch
that a woman can be either an elite athlete or a mother, but not both ( Cosh & Crabb, 2012 ; Darroch et al., 2019 ; Jackson et al., 2022 ; McGannon et al., 2017 ; Palmer & Leberman, 2009 ). Recently, an increasing number of female athletes have taken significant steps to challenge these
Mental Health Resources for NCAA Student-Athletes
Megan Everritt and Amy Rundio
University, n.d. , para. 1). Hwang and Choi ( 2016 ) suggested that these stressors can be placed into three categories: academics, physical well-being, and social contexts. Stressors such as GPA and studying hours ( Lassiter et al., 2022 ), fatigue and schedule inflexibility ( Cosh & Tully, 2015 ), and
From Athlete to Advocate: The Changing Media Coverage of Michael Phelps Pre- and Postretirement
Joshua R. Jackson, Emily J. Dirks, and Andrew C. Billings
debate that an athlete is always an athlete, even after retirement. However, one’s identity as an athlete shifts as they transition from active competitor to retired ( Cosh et al., 2013 ), the result of a career change and substantial life shift ( Brewer et al., 1993 ). Some experience difficulties with
Transition-Related Psychosocial Factors and Mental Health Outcomes in Former National Football League Players: An NFL-LONG Study
J.D. DeFreese, Samuel R. Walton, Zachary Yukio Kerr, Benjamin L. Brett, Avinash Chandran, Rebekah Mannix, Hope Campbell, Ruben J. Echemendia, Michael A. McCrea, William P. Meehan III, and Kevin M. Guskiewicz
et al., 2015 ) and/or professional athlete samples, not including American football players (e.g., Cosh et al., 2015 ; Eggleston et al., 2020 ; Martin et al., 2013 ; Pica et al., 2019 ). Accordingly, continued examination of the transition experiences of former NFL players is warranted. Former
