TY - UNPB
T1 - Mental Health and the Correlation with Professional Athlete’s Performance, a Rapid Literature Review-Working Paper
AU - Pachón-Blanco, Nathalia
AU - Peña-Ciro, María Clara
AU - Pineda-Ortega, Juliana
AU - Restrepo-Martínez, Alejandra
AU - Palencia-Sánchez, Francisco
PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - Introduction: Since recent years quite a sum of elites athletes have gone public about their struggling with mental health and their performance. Objective: This research aims to review the literature available about the impact athletes’ mental health has on their performance. Methods: we did a rapid review of literature from January 2017 to January 2022 searching the following databases Embase, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science Results: a total of 23 studies met the inclusion criteria we found that mental health, in different ways, is associated with performance. Regarding stress and anxiety, low levels can be positive for athletes’ performance Conclusion: Mental health is associated with performance. Assorted studies show how stress/anxiety can generate changes at diverse levels (physiological, psychological, and behavioral), and how those can impact athletic performance at different sports. Additionally, sleep patterns and quality can also influence a person’s mental and physical state, thus it can also influence performance
AB - Introduction: Since recent years quite a sum of elites athletes have gone public about their struggling with mental health and their performance. Objective: This research aims to review the literature available about the impact athletes’ mental health has on their performance. Methods: we did a rapid review of literature from January 2017 to January 2022 searching the following databases Embase, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science Results: a total of 23 studies met the inclusion criteria we found that mental health, in different ways, is associated with performance. Regarding stress and anxiety, low levels can be positive for athletes’ performance Conclusion: Mental health is associated with performance. Assorted studies show how stress/anxiety can generate changes at diverse levels (physiological, psychological, and behavioral), and how those can impact athletic performance at different sports. Additionally, sleep patterns and quality can also influence a person’s mental and physical state, thus it can also influence performance
KW - Mental Health
KW - mental disorders
KW - depression
KW - anxiety
KW - psychological distress
KW - athletic performance
KW - athlete
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.4037506
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.4037506
M3 - Preprint
BT - Mental Health and the Correlation with Professional Athlete’s Performance, a Rapid Literature Review-Working Paper
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ODS 3: Salud y bienestar