A longitudinal survey on the mental health level of high school girl athletes who have a dormitory life vol.1—focusing on prediction about their mental health level—

Abstract

[Purpose] To research the mental health level of high school girl athletes who concentrate on their sports club activities having a dormitory life and to utilize the result as a source material for coaching with long-range outlook.

[Method] We tallied up the responses from 39 students who had participated in the survey every year during their three-year tenure in a certain sports club. We adopted Type A behavior, NEO-FFI, SCI and POMS as psychological tests.

[Results] The third graders adopted intellective stress-coping behaviors based on their experience more notably than the first graders. We also found that they had more competitive spirit which is a feature of Type A, and that they tended to restrain themselves excessively. Moreover, the result indicated that adopting escape behavior to cope with stress was potentially harmful to mental health.

[Conclusion] We think it is possible to treat them checking their mental health level by psychological tests.