Mental health symptoms in electronic football players

dc.contributor.authorPereira, Ana Monteiro
dc.contributor.authorTeques, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorVerhagen, Evert
dc.contributor.authorGouttebarge, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorBrito, Joao
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-09T12:44:29Z
dc.date.available2022-02-09T12:44:29Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND : The escalated competitive pressure and professionalisation of esports players could predispose them to mental health symptoms. We aimed to develop a model to explore the association between distress and anxiety/depression symptoms and potential associations between adaptive or maladaptive coping strategies, sleeping disturbance, alcohol consumption and eating habits in electronic football players. METHODS : The present exploratory cross-sectional study includes the Distress Screener, General Health Questionnaire, Brief Cope, Sleep Disturbance Domain of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption and a set of questions regarding eating habits. A two-step robust maximum likelihood method of the Structural Equation Modelling approach was used. RESULTS : Both measurement model (χ2/df=1065.04 (637), p<0.001; Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI)=0.91, Comparative Fit Index (CFI)=0.92, standardised root mean residual (SRMR)=0.07 and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)=0.05; 95% CI 0.043 to 0.053) and hypothesised structural model (χ2/df=1131.98 (648); p<0.001; TLI=0.90, CFI=0.91, SRMR=0.07 and RMSEA=0.05; 95% CI 0.054 to 0.06) showed an adequate fit to the data. Stress was positively related with depression and anxiety symptoms. Only anxiety symptoms were linked with coping strategies. Maladaptive coping strategies were related to sleep disturbance, alcohol consumption and poor eating habits, whereas adaptive coping strategies were associated with less sleep disturbance, reduced alcohol consumption and better eating habits. CONCLUSION : An integrative approach to help electronic football players when early signs of distress are present might help avoid other mental health symptoms that interfere with players’ well-being and overall health. Additionally, adequate coping strategies to manage anxiety symptoms due to distress may help counteract potential negative consequences for lifestyle habits in electronic football players.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSports Medicineen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2022en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://bmjopensem.bmj.comen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPereira AM, Teques P, Verhagen E, et al. Mental health symptoms in electronic football players. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2021;7:e001149. DOI :10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001149.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2055-7647 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1136/ bmjsem-2021-001149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/83736
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC.en_ZA
dc.subjectMental health symptomsen_ZA
dc.subjectPlayersen_ZA
dc.subjectElectronic footballen_ZA
dc.subjectAlcoholen_ZA
dc.titleMental health symptoms in electronic football playersen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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