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From Passion to Abyss: The Mental Health of Athletes during COVID-19 Lockdown

Published:2023-03-14 Issue:3 Volume:13 Page:613-625
ISSN:2254-9625
Container-title:European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
language:en
Short-container-title:EJIHPE

Author:

Pitacho Liliana¹²^ORCID,da Palma Patrícia Jardim²³⁴,Correia Pedro²⁵^ORCID,Cordeiro João Pedro¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais, Centro de Investigação em Ciências Empresariais (CICE-IPS), 2910-761 Setúbal, Portugal

2. INTEC—Instituto de Tecnologia Comportamental, 1600-772 Lisboa, Portugal

3. Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa, 1300-663 Lisboa, Portugal

4. CAPP—Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-019 Lisboa, Portugal

5. Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR), University of Coimbra, 3000-018 Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

The outbreak and pandemic of COVID-19 forced people into extreme isolation and social distancing, with significant limitations on various activity sectors, including sports. This study aimed to assess the psychological health status of athletes during sports lockdown. Additionally, we intend to verify the mediating role of sleep disorders in stress perception and subjective happiness. Our sample was composed of 1492 Portuguese athletes from eight different team sports. During sports lockdown, athletes were found to have high stress levels and low subjective happiness levels and experience sleep disorders. Finally, these results conclude that sports lockdowns harm athletes’ psychological health and well-being. Pay cuts to athletes are an extra stress factor that exacerbate these adverse effects on psychological health. Finally, sleep is a mediator variable between stress perception and subjective happiness levels. This study’s significant contributions, limitations, and future directions are discussed in the conclusion.

Funder

FCT—Portugal National Agency

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Applied Psychology,Clinical Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/13/3/47/pdf

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