Psychological Balance in High Level Athletes: Gender-Based Differences and Sport-Specific Patterns
| Autor: | Valérie Thibault, Hala Nassif, Karine Schaal, Capucine Pichard, Jean-François Toussaint, Serge Simon, Geoffroy Berthelot, Muriel Tafflet, Thibaut Guillet, Nour El Helou, Mathieu Alcotte |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance (INSEP), Institut de recherche biomédicale et d’épidémiologie du sport (IRMES - EA 7329), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance (INSEP), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux] |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Non-Clinical Medicine Epidemiology lcsh:Medicine Social and Behavioral Sciences 0302 clinical medicine Human Performance Psychology lcsh:Science Child Depression (differential diagnoses) Psychiatry education.field_of_study Multidisciplinary Depression Anxiety Disorders 3. Good health Psychological evaluation Eating disorders Mental Health Anxiety Medicine Female medicine.symptom [SHS.SPORT.SCS]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sport/Sport cognitive sciences Clinical psychology Psychopathology Research Article Sports Adult Sleep Wake Disorders medicine.medical_specialty Generalized anxiety disorder Social Psychology Adolescent Population Biology Sexual and Gender Issues Feeding and Eating Disorders 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult Sex Factors medicine Humans Sports and Exercise Medicine education Behavior Health Care Policy Athletes Mood Disorders lcsh:R Health Risk Analysis 030229 sport sciences medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Multivariate Analysis lcsh:Q 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 5, p e19007 (2011) PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2011, 6 (5), pp. e19007. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0019007⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | International audience; Objectives: Few epidemiological studies have focused on the psychological health of high level athletes. This study aimed to identify the principal psychological problems encountered within French high level athletes, and the variations in their prevalence based on sex and the sport practiced.Methods: Multivariate analyses were conducted on nationwide data obtained from the athletes' yearly psychological evaluations.Results: A representative sample of 13% of the French athlete population was obtained. 17% of athletes have at least one ongoing or recent disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) being the most prevalent (6%), followed by non-specific eating disorders (4.2%). Overall, 20.2% of women had at least one psychopathology, against 15.1% in men. This female predominance applied to anxiety and eating disorders, depression, sleep problems and self-harming behaviors. The highest rates of GAD appeared in aesthetic sports (16.7% vs. 6.8% in other sports for men and 38.9% vs. 10.3% for women); the lowest prevalence was found in high risk sports athletes (3.0% vs. 3.5%). Eating disorders are most common among women in racing sports (14% vs. 9%), but for men were found mostly in combat sports (7% vs. 4.8%).Discussion: This study highlights important differences in psychopathology between male and female athletes, demonstrating that the many sex-based differences reported in the general population apply to elite athletes. While the prevalence of psychological problems is no higher than in the general population, the variations in psychopathology in different sports suggest that specific constraints could influence the development of some disorders. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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