Assessing lifetime stressor exposure in sport performers: Associations with trait stress appraisals, health, well-being, and performance.

ABSTRACT: Research has found that greater lifetime stressor exposure increases the risk for mental and physical health problems. Despite this, few studies have examined how stressors occurring over the entire lifespan affect sport performers' health, well-being, and performance, partly due to the difficulty of assessing lifetime stressor exposure. To address this issue, we developed a sport-specific stress assessment module (Sport SAM) for the Stress and Adversity Inventory (STRAIN) and then analyzed the instrument's usability, acceptability, validity, and test-retest reliability. Furthermore, we examined whether trait-like tendencies to appraise stressful situations as a challenge or threat mediated the association between lifetime stressor exposure and health, well-being, and performance. Particip

SUBMITTER: McLoughlin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580378 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature