Improving the physical and mental well-being of typically hard-to-reach men: an investigation of the impact of the <i>Active Rovers</i> project

Reeves, Matthew J.; Roberts, Simon J.

doi:10.1080/17430437.2016.1173922

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“…It also became clear that, for many players, given a choice, they would not ordinarily be friends with each other but they felt bound together as a result of the unintended outcomes associated with their career. It has been argued that meaningful social relationships and affiliations are key determinants in positive engagements in both physical and mental health (Lewis et al, 2016). The data presented here, however, indicates that professional golfers struggled to strike up meaningful relationships with fellow players on tour, and came to feel dislocated given their 'real' group of friends and family were back at home.…”

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‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

Fry

Bloyce

2017

Sociology of Sport Journal

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This article examines the effects of globalization on the well-being of migrant professional athletes. Interviews with 20 touring professional golfers reveal that players experience many of the personal problems -such as loneliness, isolation, low decision latitude, low social support, and effort-reward imbalance -which have been identified as "strong predictors of mental ill-health" (Leka & Jain, 2010, p. 65). Feelings of loneliness and isolation developed as players were regularly apart from family and friends, and spent most of their time with other golfers whom they had somewhat superficial relationships with. These feelings coupled with, for many, uncertain income generated through golf added further to their work-related anxieties. Overall, results highlight the importance of considering how workplace anxieties and vulnerabilities impact on athlete migrants' health and well-being.

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Section: Loneliness Isolation and Work Life Balancecontrasting

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‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

Fry

Bloyce

2017

Sociology of Sport Journal

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“…Further, trusts have existing relationships with healthcare providers and in some cases long standing involvement in their local communities . Trusts also have access to facilities that can be used to promote PA within their local community, including club branded facilities (Lewis et al, 2017, Martin et al, 2016. Furthermore, recognizing that traditional healthcare settings can appear off-putting to some groups including adult men (Lewis et al, 2017, non-clinical settings have also been found to engage individuals in community football and PA programmes (White et al, 2012).…”

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“Football is pure enjoyment”: An exploration of the behaviour change processes which facilitate engagement in football for people with mental health problems

Hargreaves

Pringle

2019

Mental Health and Physical Activity

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The Leeds Beckett repository holds a wide range of publications, each of which has been checked for copyright and the relevant embargo period has been applied by the Research Services team.We operate on a standard take-down policy. If you are the author or publisher of an output and you would like it removed from the repository, please contact us and we will investigate on a case-by-case basis.Each thesis in the repository has been cleared where necessary by the author for third party copyright. If you would like a thesis to be removed from the repository or believe there is an issue with copyright, please contact us on openaccess@leedsbeckett.ac.uk and we will investigate on a case-by-case basis. Football is pure enjoyment: An exploration of the behaviour change processes which facilitate engagement in football for people with mental health problems.Hargreaves, J. M.; Pringle, A. AbstractIntroduction: Physical activity is known to be beneficial for people with mental health problems, although engagement is low. Football, provided by professional football club community trusts could aid engagement in physical activity, however little is known about the behaviour change processes which engage individuals in this type of PA. One factor which is often overlooked is affect and exploring this could help identify the behaviour change processes, which engage individuals in a professional football club-led mental health intervention. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of individuals attending football provided by a professional club community trust to further our understanding of the behaviour change processes involved in facilitating engagement in this provision.Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve men who played football provided by a professional football club trust. A range of mental health problems were reported and the participants were aged between 19-46. Template analysis was conducted, implementing some of the concepts from the Affective -Reflective Theory (ART).Results: The results highlighted that both affective and reflective processes of ART were evident in engaging individuals in football. Pleasurable experiences were enabled through the physical and social characteristics of football. Self-control strategies emerged which help to action engagement. The professional football club trust provided coaching knowledge and skills, team organisation and resources and feelings of belonging and responsibility.Conclusion: Application of ART to the understanding of football experiences has provided a novel exploration of the processes involved in engaging individuals in football. This has important implications for intervention design; the focus should be on providing pleasurable experiences and fostering appropriate self-control strategies.

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“…As with other football for mental health projects, the majority of participants were male (three were female), as football remains a contested site where gender relations continue to be reproduced, maintained and resisted [46]. More broadly, in this context, this could be partially viewed as a positive, as football projects can attract 'hard to reach' men who are known to under-use health services [36,47,48].…”

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“…This is especially important to engage 'hard to reach' populations within a mental health context. Research suggests that men's reluctance to seek support can further exacerbate distress and can often lead to suicide [34], and initial studies have suggested that football can be useful to engage these often 'hard to reach' male demographics who are most at risk [35,36].…”

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“…Previous football and mental wellbeing studies, for instance, Lewis et al [36] found via quantitative data analysis (often using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale) that participants felt more optimistic following involvement in such a project. The current study goes beyond this questionnaire and survey data to provide some qualitative elucidation to what this optimism or hope might actually entail, whilst providing a voice for the participants.…”

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An Ethnographic Study Exploring Football Sessions for Medium-Secure Mental Health Service-Users: Utilising the CHIME Conceptual Framework as an Evaluative Tool

Benkwitz

Morris

Healy

2019

J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health

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A key part of developing an understanding of 'what works' within the evolving mental health recovery evidence base is finding ways of serviceusers (and their friends and family) and practitioners working collaboratively. This interaction is slowly shifting practice, whereby care is potentially coconstructed in a setting between those involved to facilitate recovery-oriented processes. Increasingly, mental health services are appreciating the potential role of sport. This study adds to this body of literature by providing analysis of a football project in a medium-secure service context. This study also expands the methodological and theoretical scope of the literature by adopting an ethnographic approach and by utilising the CHIME conceptual framework as an evaluative tool. 47 participants were involved in the study, which included service-users, staff and volunteers. The data demonstrated that these sessions have considerable links to the CHIME processes, and can therefore be considered to enhance personal recovery for those involved.

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Improving the physical and mental well-being of typically hard-to-reach men: an investigation of the impact of the Active Rovers project

Cited by 13 publications

References 20 publications

‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

“Football is pure enjoyment”: An exploration of the behaviour change processes which facilitate engagement in football for people with mental health problems

An Ethnographic Study Exploring Football Sessions for Medium-Secure Mental Health Service-Users: Utilising the CHIME Conceptual Framework as an Evaluative Tool

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