Piepiora Paweł Adam, Petre Ligiana Mihaela, Vveinhardt Jolita
Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Front Sports Act Living. 2024 Dec 11;6:1476617. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1476617. eCollection 2024.
The use of social media by athletes can support them in difficult moments, but it can also become a source of negative emotions and psychological distress. This perspective critically examines psychoanalytic psychotherapy as a method for restoring athletes' psychological well-being after experiencing negative effects from social media use. The paper characterizes the key elements of psychoanalytic psychotherapy relevant to athletes, discusses the role of the psychoanalytic psychotherapist in working with athletes and describes the specifics of the psychoanalytic therapeutic process in this context. The potential advantages of psychoanalytic approaches over cognitive-behavioral methods are examined in treating the psychological impacts of problematic social media use among athletes. The analysis suggests that hate speech and negative online interactions can activate athletes' unprocessed life experiences rooted in early developmental stages. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy may offer a particularly effective method for restoring athletes' psychological wellbeing in such cases by addressing deep-rooted intrapsychic conflicts. However, a comprehensive approach integrating multiple therapeutic modalities is recommended to address the complex challenges athletes face in the digital age. This perspective acknowledges limitations in current research and suggest directions for future studies to develop and validate tailored interventions for athletes grappling with social media-related psychological distress.
运动员使用社交媒体可以在困难时刻为他们提供支持，但它也可能成为负面情绪和心理困扰的来源。这一观点批判性地审视了精神分析心理治疗，将其作为一种在运动员因使用社交媒体而受到负面影响后恢复其心理健康的方法。本文阐述了与运动员相关的精神分析心理治疗的关键要素，讨论了精神分析心理治疗师在与运动员合作中的作用，并描述了在此背景下精神分析治疗过程的具体情况。文中探讨了精神分析方法相对于认知行为方法在治疗运动员使用社交媒体出现问题所产生的心理影响方面的潜在优势。分析表明，仇恨言论和负面的在线互动可能会激活运动员源于早期发展阶段的未处理的生活经历。在这种情况下，精神分析心理治疗可能通过解决深层次的内心冲突，为恢复运动员的心理健康提供一种特别有效的方法。然而，建议采用综合多种治疗方式的全面方法，以应对运动员在数字时代面临的复杂挑战。这一观点认识到当前研究的局限性，并为未来的研究指明方向，以便为应对与社交媒体相关心理困扰的运动员开发和验证量身定制的干预措施。
