ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Mental Health Status, Life Satisfaction, and Mood State of Elite Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study in the Phases of Home Confinement, Reopening, and Semi-Lockdown Condition.
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- The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental and Emotional Health of Athletes: A Systematic Review.The American journal of sports medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Pandemic on Physical Activity, Mental Health and Quality of Life in Professional Athletes-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- From physical activity to sedentary behavior: the COVID-19 lockdown and mental health in high-performance athletes.Discover mental health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 affected elite track-and-field athletes' Olympic preparation before Tokyo 2020 compared to Rio 2016.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Did social isolation affect anxiety and sleep quality of elite soccer players during the COVID-19 lockdown? Comparisons to training before distancing in the pandemic and outlook for mental health.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Effects of Psychological Interventions on Performance Anxiety in Performing Artists and Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes, sports events, and mass gathering events: Review and recommendations.Sports medicine and health science · 2023Review
- Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the mental health in sports: a review.Sport sciences for health · 2023Review
- Are Football Players More Prone to Muscle Injury after COVID-19 Infection? The "Italian Injury Study" during the Serie a Championship.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Psychological changes in athletes infected with Omicron after return to training: fatigue, sleep, and mood.PeerJ · 2023Article
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- Sport and academic engagement of 1,387 Slovenian dual-career athletes before and during COVID-19 lockdown-what did we learn?Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Physical Activity, Life Satisfaction, Stress Perception and Coping Strategies of University Students in Belarus during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Life Satisfaction and Perceived Stress versus Health Promoting Behavior among Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Perfectionism, Resilience and Different Ways of Experiencing Sport during COVID-19 Confinement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Changes in the Mental Health Indicators and Training Opportunities for Estonian Elite Athletes Compared to the COVID-19 Isolation Period.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Levels of Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being in Non-Athletes and Martial Art Athletes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Mental Health in German Paralympic Athletes During the 1st Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Compared to a General Population Sample.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Influence of Supervisors' Fairness on Work Climate, Job Satisfaction, Task Performance, and Helping Behavior of Health Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Scientific reports notified that the pandemic caused by the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised an unprecedented mental health emergency worldwide. Abrupt changes in daily routine, environmental constraints, adopted home confinement measures, and uncertainty about a date for returning to usual activities can potentially affect mental health and sports activities in athletes. Hence, we designed a cross-sectional study with a within-subjects design to investigate the impact of the pandemic on mental health, mood states, and life satisfaction of elite athletes. During the three phases of home confinement (April 14-24,
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