Award Date

August 2024

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Psychology

First Committee Member

Bradley Donohue

Second Committee Member

Brenna Renn

Third Committee Member

Daniel Allen

Fourth Committee Member

John Mercer

Number of Pages

116

Abstract

This dissertation will consist of five chapters – an introduction (Chapter 1), three original empirical studies (Chapters 2-4), and a conclusion (Chapter 5). Chapter 2 was accepted for publication by the Sport Social Work Journal (Phrathep et al., 2022a). Chapter 3 was accepted for publication by Clinical Case Studies (Phrathep et al., 2022b). Chapter 4 was accepted for publication by Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (Phrathep et al., 2023). These three manuscripts are linked by a primary interest in the evaluation of an optimization approach as an efficacious intervention for optimizing mental health and sport performance among adolescent athletes (Donohue et al., 2021). Data for these manuscripts were derived from a battery of standardized assessments that include both self-reports and semi-structured clinical interviews. To provide general background for the studies in this dissertation, the Chapter 1 contains recent evidence on interventions available for adolescent athletes and on how these clinical case studies address the current gap in the literature for services for these athletes.

Disciplines

Clinical Psychology

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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