Piloting A Family-Supported Approach to Concurrently Optimize Mental Health and Sport Performance in Athletes

Donohue, Brad; Chow, Graig M.; Pitts, Michelle; Loughran, Travis; Schubert, Kimberly N.; Gavrilova, Yulia; Allen, Daniel N.

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“…Though beyond the scope of the present study, use of the APSQ alongside athlete-specific wellbeing interventions (e.g. Donohue et al, 2015Donohue et al, , 2018 may assist in determining the influence of scale domains on psychosocial and athletic functioning. If problems related to Self-Regulation and External Coping are associated with higher levels of psychological strain in athletes, it stands to reason that currently injured athletes would report higher scores on these factors, in addition to the athlete-specific Performance factor.…”

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Preliminary psychometric validation of a brief screening tool for athlete mental health among male elite athletes: the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire

Rice

Parker

Mawren

et al. 2019

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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There is growing interest in the area of elite athlete mental health, however brief, valid and reliable screening instruments designed to identify early indictors of athlete-specific distress and potential mental health symptoms are lacking. This study sought to develop a brief screening instrument for athlete populationsthe Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ)and examine convergent, divergent and construct validity. A twostage psychometric validation study was undertaken. Self-report data was collected from 1,007 currently competing Australian elite male athletes (M = 23.67, SD = 4.16). The sample was randomly partitioned into calibration (n = 497) and validation (n = 510) samples. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and tests of differential item functioning were conducted. Exploratory factor analysis, with parallel analysis, conducted on the calibration sample supported a three-factor solution, with subscales assessing Self-Regulation, Performance and External Coping accounting for 50.44% of total scale variance. Confirmatory factor analysis supported this three-factor model, yielding excellent model fit indices (CFI = 0.976, TLI = 0.966, RMSEA = 0.055, SRMR = 0.032), with the Bayesian Information Criterion supporting the superordinate structure. Differential item functioning analysis indicated item-equivalence relative to athletes' level of education and ethnicity. As predicted, a multivariate effect indicated higher APSQ scores for currently injured athletes (p = .040) with a univariate effect on the Performance subscale. The APSQ may help identify early symptoms of athlete psychological strain facilitating timely management. Replication and validation studies in broader samples, including female athletes and comparison with other athlete-specific, coping and stress measures are needed.

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Preliminary psychometric validation of a brief screening tool for athlete mental health among male elite athletes: the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire

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Parker

Mawren

et al. 2019

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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“…In terms of content, the program emphasized mental health awareness and sign-posting those with mental health problems to services, as opposed to providing coping strategies to alleviate mental health problems. To achieve improvements in well-being or resilience, a similar approach to previous programs that have reduced depressive symptoms and anxiety could be considered (Donohue et al, 2013;Donohue et al, 2015;Longshore & Sachs, 2015). For enhancement of the program, one session is likely not enough to achieve increased well-being or resilience.…”

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Increasing Athlete Knowledge of Mental Health and Intentions to Seek Help: The State of Mind Ireland (SOMI) Pilot Program

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Haughey

O’Brien

et al. 2018

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

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The present study had three aims, to determine: (a) whether providing a curriculum-based mental health awareness program to athletes increased knowledge of mental health and intentions to offer support; (b) whether the program increased resilience and well-being compared to a control group; and (c) the feasibility of the program. A total of 100 participants (M age = 20.78; SD = 2.91; male = 59) either attended the program or were part of a control group. Participants completed questionnaires pre-, post-, and 3-months post intervention, although there was a low participant return rate for the 3-month follow-up (n = 15). Participants were invited to take part in a focus group to explore program relevance. Knowledge of mental health and intentions to offer support increased for the intervention group, compared to the control. The program with some modification could be integrated into university sport courses to promote mental health awareness.

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“…The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS) is an evidence-based program that was adapted from Family Behavior Therapy (FBT; Azrin et al, 1994). In both uncontrolled and controlled case trials, TOPPS has preliminarily demonstrated concurrent improvements in mental health and sport performance in collegiate athletes (Chow et al, 2015; Donohue et al, 2015; Pitts et al, 2015), and outcomes are currently being examined in a large-scale randomized controlled trial in collegiate athletes (National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA]; 1 R01 DA031828).…”

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Mental Health and Sport Performance Programming in Athletes Who Present Without Pathology: A Case Examination Supporting Optimization

Gavrilova

Donohue

Galante

2017

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Athletes are exposed to unique stressors that often negatively impact the way they think, behave, and feel in athletic, academic, and social domains. The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS), an adaptation of Family Behavior Therapy, is an innovative approach to optimization science that has demonstrated positive outcomes in student-athletes evidencing substance use disorders. However, this approach has yet to be evaluated in athletes who are interested in optimizing their mental health and sport performance, but have no indication of pathology. We describe the administration of TOPPS in a female student-athlete who presented for intervention with no assessed mental health pathology. Although experimental methodology was uncontrolled, many of the methodological features in this examination were advanced. Treatment integrity was reliably assessed and the athlete demonstrated significant improvements in psychometrically validated measurements of mental health and sport performance from baseline to 5-months post-treatment, including psychiatric domains (somatization, obsessivecompulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism), relationships with teammates, family members, coaches, and peers, and measures of sport performance. Future directions are reported in light of the results.

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Piloting A Family-Supported Approach to Concurrently Optimize Mental Health and Sport Performance in Athletes

Cited by 33 publications

References 38 publications

Preliminary psychometric validation of a brief screening tool for athlete mental health among male elite athletes: the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire

Preliminary psychometric validation of a brief screening tool for athlete mental health among male elite athletes: the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire

Increasing Athlete Knowledge of Mental Health and Intentions to Seek Help: The State of Mind Ireland (SOMI) Pilot Program

Mental Health and Sport Performance Programming in Athletes Who Present Without Pathology: A Case Examination Supporting Optimization

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