Abstract
What did I do?
Retirement from sport can elicit significant psychological distress, particularly when unexpected; however, it is unknown whether former athletes experience poorer mental health and worse sleep than currently competing athletes.1 Therefore, the aim of this PhD project was to understand the risk prevalence of sleep and mental health disorders in diverse samples of current and former athletes. Doing so would facilitate (1) comparisons of self-reported and screened prevalence rates, (2) objective measurement of sleep behaviours, and (3) advanced understanding of the contributing factors former athletes face pertaining to sleep and mental health.
Retirement from sport can elicit significant psychological distress, particularly when unexpected; however, it is unknown whether former athletes experience poorer mental health and worse sleep than currently competing athletes.1 Therefore, the aim of this PhD project was to understand the risk prevalence of sleep and mental health disorders in diverse samples of current and former athletes. Doing so would facilitate (1) comparisons of self-reported and screened prevalence rates, (2) objective measurement of sleep behaviours, and (3) advanced understanding of the contributing factors former athletes face pertaining to sleep and mental health.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 956-957 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | British Journal of Sports Medicine |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| Early online date | 1 Apr 2025 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2025 |
Keywords
- retirement from sport
- mental health
- sleep
- athletes and mental health
- current athletes
- Former athletes
- Sport
- Sleep
- Psychology, Sports
- Athletes