Mood
This factor can worsen mood in athletes when support systems are lacking.
What is social isolation?
What is the recommended amount of sleep for most college students each night.
What is 7-9 hours?
This type of activity helps reduce stress and improve mood.
What is exercise?
This refers to managing school, sports, and personal life effectively.
What is work-life balance?
A fast heart rate is a symptom of.
What is anxiety?
What are your feel-good hormones (4).
What is serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins?
This hormone helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle.
What is melatonin?
Mental health struggles can negatively affect this aspect of athletic ability.
What is performance?
Maintaining balance can help prevent this mental health outcome.
What is anxiety or depression?
Loss of interest in sports may be a symptom of this condition.
What is depression?
A prolonged feeling of hopelessness, helplessness, and sadness lasting at least two weeks.
What is depression?
Irregular sleep patterns can negatively affect this mental process.
What is cognitive function?
Athletes with poor mental health are at higher risk for this outcome.
What is injury
This balance between exercise and rest is essential for mental well-being.
What is recovery?
Withdrawing from teammates, friends, or social activities may signal this type of struggle.
What is emotional distress?
33 percent of college athletes experience what.
What is mental health problems?
This is a common consequence of sleep deprivation in college athletes.
What is increased stress or fatigue?
Exercise helps regulate this system that becomes hyperactive in anxiety.
What is the stress response?
Balancing athletics, academics, and life helps reduce this mental health risk.
What is burnout?
Symptoms include rigid eating habits and excessive exercise.
What is an eating disorder
These brain chemicals help regulate mood and motivation.
What are neurotransmitters?
Improving sleep can lead to better recovery, mood, and this overall state.
What is well-being?
This barrier prevents many athletes from seeking mental health help.
What is stigma?
This happens when the brain's stress response cannot "turn off".
What is chronic stress?
During competition, a student athletes notices their heart racing, hand shaking, and feeling "amped up" before warm-ups. This is the body activating what physiological system?
What is the sympathetic nervous system (flight or fight response)?