ReviewFrontiers in sports and active living2025
Stress and its impact on elite athletes' wellbeing and mental health-a mini narrative review.
Review in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Mental Health and Health-Related Behavioral Patterns Surrounding a Major International Sporting Event: An Observational Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among elite female beach volleyball players in the FIVB top 200.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Associations of self-compassion and resilience with help-seeking among Chinese athletes: the mediating role of self-stigma and sex differences.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Longitudinal association between perceived stress and depressive symptoms among student-athletes: the mediating roles of positive reframing and behavioral disengagement and moderating role of stress mindset.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mindfulness and psychological distress among Chinese taekwondo athletes: the mediating roles of stress, self-management, and brooding.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- What we get wrong about stress in sports psychology: an opinion.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Perceived Recovery and Muscle Fatigue in Professional Soccer Players During Preseason.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Within the context of elite sports, the term "health" is tantamount to maximum physical performance. From the very beginning of their athletic careers, elite athletes are trained to prioritize performance over health in order to be successful. To reach the top and competitive goals, they often cannot avoid situations that might be endangering their health. A career in elite sports means that elite athletes must take extreme health risks and at the same time protect their health to continuously deliver peak performances. According to Fletcher and Hanton, psychological research is confronted with a particular challenge because elite athletes are subject to numerous stressors both during and after their sports career. The examination of the relevant stress-related factors (relationships, competitive pressure, defeat, injuries, etc.) points to a growing body of evidence signifying that these factors could be responsible for mental health problems in the target population. Because these challenges are multidimensional in nature, a comprehensive understanding of this topic's complexity is required. To obtain an understanding of stressors and resources in elite sport, the author performed a narrative mini review of 3 databases covering studies published up to 2023.
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