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Houston-Wilson, Cathy
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2024-05-15
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Mental health is a topic that has been gaining a lot of traction in recent years. Unfortunately, this
topic has not gained as much traction in the athletic community. Mental health can affect anyone
at any time. Collegiate athletes are constantly faced with stigmas and barriers when it comes to
mental health, and often times do not get the support they need. Analysis of previous research
shows that mental health issues are just as prevalent in collegiate athletes and in some cases more
prevalent than their nonathlete counterparts. Barriers that collegiate athletes face, especially the
stigma that is in the athletic community in relation to mental health is a major factor when
considering why collegiate athletes don’t get the help they need. Additionally, colleges and
coaches can have a major contribution to the help-seeking behaviors of their athletes.
Furthermore, previous research will support that strategies like resilience or resilience training,
and mindfulness can have a very positive effect on a college athletes’ psyche and should be
considered moving forward if colleges want to lower the prevalence of mental health issues in
their athletes. The purpose of this synthesis project was to review the literature on the mental
health of collegiate athletes.
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