Background and purpose. Despite the widely acknowledged public health burden and years
of individually based intervention approaches, physical inactivity remains a growing concern …

Sports participation has been linked to various health outcomes; however, there is scant
literature exploring this relationship in developing countries. We used a mixed method …

Competitive sports can have a negative or positive impact on an athlete's mental health, and
an athlete's coach plays a large role in determining this. The coach's goal should be to help …

Elite athletes may be as likely as members of the general population to experience mental
disorders, and there has recently been a surge of research examining mental health among …

OBJECTIVE: Knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for the effects of physical activity on
aspects of mental health is limited. Appropriate experimental trials and statistical mediation …

Guidelines to help mental health workers, sports medicine specialists and others involved in
sport understand the psychological challenges and pitfalls of being an athlete at every stage …

Written for mental health professionals who want to apply the techniques of sport psychology
to current clients with presenting problems such as depression, anxiety, and stress using …

This book critically examines the ways in which sports contribute to, or inhibit, social well-
being, the directions these impacts take and the conditions necessary for sport to have …

There is growing recognition of the demands and health challenges experienced by esports
athletes. The purpose of this perspective paper is to draw specific attention to the mental …