Trends in Collegiate Student-Athlete Mental Health in the National College Health Assessment, 2011-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Recently, the athletic training community has paid increased attention to collegiate student-athlete mental health, mental health treatment-seeking behavior, and the effects of mental health factors on athletic and academic performance. Ongoing efforts to better educate and equip athletic trainers to help student-athletes in this regard should result in improved mental health-related outcomes.

Objective

To examine changes in the mental health of student-athletes over the past decade compared with that of nonathlete students.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Colleges and universities in the United States.

Patients or other participants

Varsity athletes (athletes; n = 54 479) and nonathlete students (nonathletes; n = 448 301) who completed the

SUBMITTER: Edwards B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11215639 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature