The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and psychobiosocial states in Italian athletes.
Italy was one of the most impacted countries by the COVID-19 crisis, with detrimental effects on the world of sports. In this exploratory study, we examined Italian athletes' perceived stress and functional/dysfunctional psychobiosocial states during the COVID-19 crisis, comparing current assessment...
| Published in: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 79 - 92 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=155634398&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 155634398 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1612197X UXG jtl: International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology issn: 1612197X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2022 vid: 20 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 155634398 10.1080/1612197X.2020.1802612 ppf: 79 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and psychobiosocial states in Italian athletes. aug: au: di Fronso, Selenia Costa, Sergio Montesano, Cristina Di Gruttola, Francesco Ciofi, Edoardo Giorgio Morgilli, Luana Robazza, Claudio Bertollo, Maurizio affil: Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics (BIND) Center, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy Independent Sport Psychology Consultant su: Italy COVID-19 pandemic Health behavior Habit Perceived Stress Scale Women athletes Athletes sug: subj: COVID-19 pandemic Health behavior Habit Italy Other Spectator Sports Perceived Stress Scale Women athletes Athletes keyword: adversities competitive athletes Distress emotions lockdown adversities competitive athletes Distress emotions lockdown ab: Italy was one of the most impacted countries by the COVID-19 crisis, with detrimental effects on the world of sports. In this exploratory study, we examined Italian athletes' perceived stress and functional/dysfunctional psychobiosocial states during the COVID-19 crisis, comparing current assessment scores with data collected prior to the pandemic. Differences by gender, sport (i.e., individual vs team sport), and competitive level (elite/expert vs novice athletes) were also examined. The perceived stress scale and the psychobiosocial states scale were administered to 1132 competitive athletes about one month after the beginning of Italian lockdown. The comparison between the data collected during COVID-19 with the data collected before the pandemic outbreak revealed highly significant differences with medium to large effects sizes. Findings suggest that the COVID-19 crisis increased athletes' perceived stress and dysfunctional psychobiosocial states, while decreased functional psychobiosocial states. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences by gender on perceived stress and both types of psychobiosocial states, as well as by competitive level on perceived stress and functional psychobiosocial states. Specifically, women reported higher perceived stress and dysfunctional psychobiosocial states scores than men, and lower functional psychobiosocial states scores. Elite/expert athletes reported lower perceived stress and higher functional psychobiosocial states scores than novice athletes. From a practical point of view, training regimens and healthy behaviours during pandemic crises should be introduced as standard habits for health and well-being. The application of specific well-being protocols for women and novice athletes should be encouraged. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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