Lyu Chengjie, Ma Rong, Hager Ronald, Porter Dave
School of Physical Education, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, China.
Athletic Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States.
Front Psychol. 2022 Aug 12;13:921419. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.921419. eCollection 2022.
Anxiety disorder is becoming increasingly prevalent across college campuses, particularly among collegiate athletes who face different stressors and challenges than their non-athlete peers. Anxiety and depression are well documented comorbidities. Furthermore, the number of Chinese collegiate athletes suffering from anxiety and depression is increasing. Psychologists have recently begun to take a more prophylactic approach to defend against these disorders through resilience education. Resilience education focuses on developing greater capacity to cope when mental and emotional challenges arise. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between resilience, depression, and anxiety in Chinese collegiate athletes. This study provides additional evidence of the value of incorporating an effective resilience educational module amongst collegiate athletes.
The study employed a survey research design to explore the complex relationship between depression, anxiety, and resilience for collegiate student athletes.
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to account for any measurement error between the observed items (responses on the instruments) and the latent variables (anxiety, depression, and resilience). The theoretical hypothesized relationship for this study is an inverse relationship between anxiety and depression, on the one hand, and resilience on the other hand. The SEM statistical analysis from this study supported this theoretical model.
599 collegiate athletes from six different universities in the province of Guangdong, China P.R. participated in this study.
焦虑症在大学校园中日益普遍，尤其是在面临与非运动员同龄人不同压力源和挑战的大学生运动员中。焦虑和抑郁是有充分文献记载的共病情况。此外，患有焦虑和抑郁的中国大学生运动员数量正在增加。心理学家最近开始采取更具预防性的方法，通过复原力教育来抵御这些疾病。复原力教育侧重于在出现心理和情感挑战时培养更强的应对能力。本研究的目的是分析中国大学生运动员的复原力、抑郁和焦虑之间的关系。这项研究为在大学生运动员中纳入有效的复原力教育模块的价值提供了更多证据。
该研究采用调查研究设计，以探讨大学生运动员的抑郁、焦虑和复原力之间的复杂关系。
采用结构方程模型（SEM）来考虑观测项目（量表上的回答）和潜在变量（焦虑、抑郁和复原力）之间的任何测量误差。本研究的理论假设关系是，一方面焦虑和抑郁之间呈负相关，另一方面与复原力呈负相关。本研究的SEM统计分析支持了这一理论模型。
来自中国广东省六所不同大学的599名大学生运动员参与了本研究。
