Validating a Japanese Version of the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire.

Yasutaka OjioAsami MatsunagaShin KawamuraMasanori HoriguchiGoro YoshitaniKensuke HatakeyamaRei AmemiyaAyako KanieRosemary PurcellSimon M RiceChiyo Fujii

Published in: Sports medicine - open (2021)

The APSQ-J can be an appropriate and psychometrically robust measure for identifying athlete-specific distress in elite athletes in Japan. Widely disseminating and utilizing this scale in Japanese sports society may support athletes' mental health via early detection of symptoms of psychological distress.

Keyphrases

mental health
psychometric properties
sleep quality
high school
body composition
cross sectional
mental illness
depressive symptoms