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dc.contributor.authorRosenvinge, Jan H
dc.contributor.authorSundgot-Borgen, Jorunn
dc.contributor.authorPettersen, Gunn
dc.contributor.authorMartinsen, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorStornæs, Annett Victoria
dc.contributor.authorPensgaard, Anne Marte
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-07T14:51:27Z
dc.date.available2019-01-07T14:51:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-16
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Introduction</i>: Psychological distress is increasing among adolescents and clusters with other mental health problems such as eating problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of psychological distress among young elite athletes and age-matched controls and whether prevalence figures may be attributed to perfectionism and eating problems.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: First-year athletes from all Norwegian elite sport high schools (n=711) and 500 students from randomly selected ordinary high schools were eligible for this cross-sectional study. In total, 611 athletes and 355 student controls provided self-report data about psychological distress, perfectionism, and eating problems (ie, body dissatisfaction and a drive for thinness), as well as their physical training/activity.</p> <p><i>Results</i>: A significantly higher proportion of controls scored above the cutoff point for marked psychological distress. Physical activity above the recommended levels for this age group predicted psychological distress among the controls, while the opposite was found in the student elite athlete sample. In both samples, perfectionistic concerns, ie, concern over mistakes, predicted overall psychological distress. However, among elite athletes, perfectionistic concerns were particularly associated with clinically significant psychological distress. Moreover, the impact of eating problems was negligible.</p> <p><i>Conclusion</i>: Results from this study highlight the need to target the maladaptive perfectionistic concerns to prevent psychological distress among young athletes as well as among their age-matched nonathlete counterparts.</p>en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.2147/OAJSM.S156658> https://doi.org/10.2147/OAJSM.S156658</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRosenvinge, J.H., Sundgot-Borgen, J., Pettersen, G., Martinsen, M., Stornæs, A.V. & Pensgaard, A.M. (2018). Are adolescent elite athletes less psychologically distressed than controls? A cross-sectional study of 966 Norwegian adolescents. <i>Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine</i>, 9, 115-123. https://doi.org/10.2147/OAJSM.S156658en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1593577
dc.identifier.doi10.2147/OAJSM.S156658
dc.identifier.issn1179-1543
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14388
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherDove Medical Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalOpen Access Journal of Sports Medicine
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260en_US
dc.subjectpsychological distressen_US
dc.subjectcompetitive athletesen_US
dc.subjectperfectionismen_US
dc.titleAre adolescent elite athletes less psychologically distressed than controls? A cross-sectional study of 966 Norwegian adolescentsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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