School of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 2;17(21):8087. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218087.
The present study aims to examine the relationship between psychological strain, suicidal ideation, hopelessness, and depression among Chinese athletes. Participants were 774 Chinese athletes (454 men and 320 women), with a range of ages from 12 to 35 ( = 18.47, = 3.39). The structural equation modeling method was used to examine the multiple mediating effects of hopelessness and depression between psychological strain and suicidal ideation. As expected, a positive correlation between psychological strain, suicidal ideation, hopelessness, and depression was found. Additionally, results seem to indicate that psychological strain directly and positively influenced suicidal ideation, and that hopelessness and depression played a serial mediating role in the relationship between psychological strain and suicidal ideation. To conclude, the psychological strain theory is applicable for explaining suicidal ideation in athletes. In athletes, psychological strain is sequentially associated first with a sense of hopelessness and then depression, which is in turn related to suicidal ideation. The present study makes a significant contribution to the literature because we provide a new theoretical basis and new methods for preventing mental disorder and suicidality in athletes.
本研究旨在探讨中国运动员心理压力、自杀意念、绝望感和抑郁之间的关系。参与者为 774 名中国运动员（男性 454 名，女性 320 名），年龄在 12 至 35 岁之间（均数=18.47，标准差=3.39）。采用结构方程模型方法检验了绝望感和抑郁在心理压力与自杀意念之间的多重中介效应。正如预期的那样，心理压力、自杀意念、绝望感和抑郁之间呈正相关。此外，结果似乎表明心理压力直接且积极地影响自杀意念，而绝望感和抑郁在心理压力与自杀意念之间的关系中起串联中介作用。总之，心理压力理论适用于解释运动员的自杀意念。在运动员中，心理压力首先与绝望感相关，继而与抑郁相关，而抑郁又与自杀意念相关。本研究为文献做出了重要贡献，因为我们为预防运动员的精神障碍和自杀行为提供了新的理论依据和新方法。
