Case Report: An Application of Wellbeing Science for the Development of Adolescent High-Performance Athletes in the Australian Football League.

ABSTRACT: Elite athletes experience both universal and sport-related mental health risks. Young high-performance athletes on pathways to professional sport also face the additional challenges associated with the developmental period of adolescence and early adulthood, making prevention and mental health promotion critical in this population group. This community case study considers the wider youth mental wellbeing evidence base, alongside primary prevention in elite sport, and proposes a model of wellbeing for the specific implementation in youth high performance athletes in the Australian setting. The Mental Fitness Model is based on the PERMA theory of wellbeing, which comprises positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment, and is tailored specifically to the unique ne

SUBMITTER: Hoare E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231612 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature