Examination of Psychiatric Symptoms in Student Athletes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-7-2010
Publication Title
Journal of General Psychology
Volume
131
Issue
1
First page number:
29
Last page number:
35
Abstract
In the present study, the authors examined the severity of psychiatric symptoms in undergraduate recreational (noncompetitive) athletes (n = 64) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA; competitive) athletes (n = 72). The results indicated that the 2 groups were similar in the severity of psychiatric symptoms. The recreational and NCAA athletes combined (n = 136) showed less severe global psychiatric symptoms when they were compared with an undergraduate control group (n = 435). The implications of the study are discussed in the context of those findings.
Disciplines
Psychology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Donohue, B.,
Covassin, T.,
Lancer, K.,
Dickens, Y.,
Hash, A.,
Genet, J.
(2010).
Examination of Psychiatric Symptoms in Student Athletes.
Journal of General Psychology, 131(1),
29-35.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/GENP.131.1.29-35