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Levels and Prevalence of Mental Health Functioning in Canadian University Student-Athletes

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Van Slingerland, Krista J., Durand-Bush, Natalie, Rathwell, Scott·2018·Canadian Journal of Higher Education

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We examined the level and prevalence of mental health functioning (MHF) in intercollegiate student-athletes from 30 Canadian universities, and the impact of time of year, gender, alcohol use, living situation, year of study, and type of sport on MHF. An online survey completed in November 2015 (N = 388) and March 2016 (n = 110) revealed that overall, MHF levels were moderate to high, and more student-athletes were flourishing than languishing. MHF levels did not significantly differ across time based on gender, alcohol use, living situation, year of study, and type of sport. Eighteen percent reported a previous mental illness diagnosis and yet maintained moderate MHF across time. These findings support Keyes’ (2002) dual-continua model, suggesting that the presence of mental illness does not automatically imply low levels of well-being and languishing. Nonetheless, those without a previous diagnosis were 3.18 times more likely to be flourishing at Time 1 (November 2015).

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  • Keyes' dual-continua model has been endorsed in an elite sports context and empirically validated across general population studies.

    “given this framework has been endorsed in an elite sports context [34, 63, 64] and empirically validated across a range of studies in the general population [32, 65, 66].”

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Authors
Van Slingerland, K. J., Durand-Bush, N., & Rathwell, S.
Affiliations
University of Lethbridge (CA)
Venue
Canadian Journal of Higher Education
Published
2018-08-31
Volume
48
Issue
2
Pages
149-168
ISSN
  • 0316-1218 (ISSN-L)
  • 2293-6602
OpenAlex
W4244621565
Cited by
36
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1
FWCI
2.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Canadian Journal of Higher Education (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
Keywords
mental health functioning, student athletes, eudaimonia, languishing, mental illness, well-being, alcohol consumption, gender differences, living arrangements, sport type, university students

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