Effects of the lockdown period on the mental health of elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review

PURPOSE: This review aimed to assess the effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on mental health to elite athletes. The emotional background influenced their sport career and was examined by questionnaires. METHODS: We included original studies that investigated psychological outcomes in elite athlet...

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Autores principales: Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria, Lovecchio, Nicola, Puci, Mariangela V., Marin, Luca, Gatti, Alessandro, Pirazzi, Agnese, Negri, Francesca, Ferraro, Ottavia E., Vandoni, Matteo
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Publicado: Springer Milan 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35693326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11332-022-00964-7
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author Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria
Lovecchio, Nicola
Puci, Mariangela V.
Marin, Luca
Gatti, Alessandro
Pirazzi, Agnese
Negri, Francesca
Ferraro, Ottavia E.
Vandoni, Matteo
author_facet Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria
Lovecchio, Nicola
Puci, Mariangela V.
Marin, Luca
Gatti, Alessandro
Pirazzi, Agnese
Negri, Francesca
Ferraro, Ottavia E.
Vandoni, Matteo
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description PURPOSE: This review aimed to assess the effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on mental health to elite athletes. The emotional background influenced their sport career and was examined by questionnaires. METHODS: We included original studies that investigated psychological outcomes in elite athletes during COVID-19 lockdown. Sixteen original studies (n = 4475 participants) were analyzed. RESULTS: The findings showed that COVID-19 has an impact on elite athletes’ mental health and was linked with stress, anxiety and psychological distress. The magnitude of the impact was associated with athletes’ mood state profile, personality and resilience capacity. CONCLUSION: The lockdown period impacted also elite athletes’ mental health and training routines with augmented anxiety but with fewer consequences than the general population thanks to adequate emotion regulation and coping strategies.
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spelling pubmed-91740282022-06-08 Effects of the lockdown period on the mental health of elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria Lovecchio, Nicola Puci, Mariangela V. Marin, Luca Gatti, Alessandro Pirazzi, Agnese Negri, Francesca Ferraro, Ottavia E. Vandoni, Matteo Sport Sci Health Review PURPOSE: This review aimed to assess the effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on mental health to elite athletes. The emotional background influenced their sport career and was examined by questionnaires. METHODS: We included original studies that investigated psychological outcomes in elite athletes during COVID-19 lockdown. Sixteen original studies (n = 4475 participants) were analyzed. RESULTS: The findings showed that COVID-19 has an impact on elite athletes’ mental health and was linked with stress, anxiety and psychological distress. The magnitude of the impact was associated with athletes’ mood state profile, personality and resilience capacity. CONCLUSION: The lockdown period impacted also elite athletes’ mental health and training routines with augmented anxiety but with fewer consequences than the general population thanks to adequate emotion regulation and coping strategies. Springer Milan 2022-06-08 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9174028/ /pubmed/35693326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11332-022-00964-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022, corrected publication 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Lovecchio, Nicola
Puci, Mariangela V.
Marin, Luca
Gatti, Alessandro
Pirazzi, Agnese
Negri, Francesca
Ferraro, Ottavia E.
Vandoni, Matteo
Effects of the lockdown period on the mental health of elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review
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title_fullStr Effects of the lockdown period on the mental health of elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review
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title_short Effects of the lockdown period on the mental health of elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review
title_sort effects of the lockdown period on the mental health of elite athletes during the covid-19 pandemic: a narrative review
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35693326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11332-022-00964-7
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