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McLoughlin, E. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3630-6055, Arnold, R., Moore, L.J., Slavich, G.M. and Fletcher, D.,
2023.
A qualitative exploration of how lifetime stressor exposure influences sport performers’ health, well-being, and performance.
Anxiety, Stress, and Coping.
ISSN 1061-5806
Abstract
Background and objectives: Recent research has shown that lifetime stressor exposure can negatively impact sport performers. However, this work has predominantly relied on quantitative methods, which has provided limited information regarding how stressors occurring over the life course affect health, well-being, and performance. This study aimed to explore how relatively high levels of lifetime (non-sport and sport-specific) stressor exposure influenced sport performers’ health, well-being, and performance.
Methods and Design: To identify participants who had experienced high lifetime (non-sport and sport-specific) stressors, we used criterion-based purposeful sampling from a prior study. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews, complemented by timelining, were conducted with 22 sport performers (17 female; Mage = 25.89, SD = 10.20).
Results: We used reflexive thematic analysis to develop three overarching themes that illustrate how high lifetime (non-sport and sport-specific) stressor exposure influences sport performers’ health, well-being, and performance. These were: psychological (e.g., maladaptive coping strategies), social (e.g., difficulties in building relationships), and behavioral (e.g., risky behaviors) factors.
Conclusions: These findings can help practitioners identify sport performers at risk of developing stress-related health, well-being, and performance problems, and may aid the development of effective interventions.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Anxiety, Stress, and Coping | ||||||
| Creators: | McLoughlin, E., Arnold, R., Moore, L.J., Slavich, G.M. and Fletcher, D. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| Date: | 4 September 2023 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1061-5806 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||||
| Date Added: | 05 Sep 2023 10:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2023 10:12 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49652 |
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