Title

Thriving Through Sport: The Transformative Impact on Mental Health

Author

(2024)

Year Published

2024

Description

Today’s youth are at an increasingly high risk of mental health disorders (Office of the Surgeon General, 2021). The ongoing mental health crisis of children and adolescents was only worsened by the confluence of issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic (Hiebert & Kortes-Miller, 2021) with continued growing rates of anxiety and depression as well as elevations in suicidal ideation and thoughts of self-harm among today’s youth (Reinert et al., 2021). Given the popularity and reach of sport, along with promising research on positive developmental impacts, The Women’s Sport Foundation (WSF) commissioned the Thriving Through Sport: The Transformative Impact on Girls’ Mental Health report to examine the relationship between sport participation and mental health in adolescent girls.

Tags

Sports

Type

Research Report

Research Category

Athletics & Sports

Health, Mental Health & Wellbeing

Institution

Women's Sports Foundation

Year of Study

2024

Identifier

43651

Publisher

Women's Sports Foundation