Examination of Psychiatric Symptoms in Student Athletes
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- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of General Psychology
- Vol. 131 (1) , 29-35
Abstract
In the present study, the authors examined the severity of psychiatric symptoms in undergraduate recreational (noncompetitive) athletes (n = 64) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA; competitive) athletes (n = 72). The results indicated that the 2 groups were similar in the severity of psychiatric symptoms. The recreational and NCAA athletes combined (n = 136) showed less severe global psychiatric symptoms when they were compared with an undergraduate control group (n = 435). The implications of the study are discussed in the context of those findings.Keywords
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