Study On Mental Health Characteristics,Influencing Factors And Mindfulness Intervention Of Athletes With Physical Disability

Facing the challenge of the Olympic Games,there is still a long way to go in China for the disabled athletes.Physical disabled athletes are the largest group of disabled athletes.They not only have to overcome the physical inconvenience of high-intensity training,but also have a high degree of identification in the society,which is a high incidence of mental health problems.The sports organization has always attached great importance to the mental health of athletes and disabled athletes.However,throughout the research in the field of mental health,there are still limitations and deficiencies such as single perspective and lack of targeted strategies for intervention promotion.This research aims to explore the mental health characteristics and influencing factors of athletes with physical disabilities,To understand the mental health of this group and take a mindfulness intervention,so as to provide references for improving the mental health of athletes with physical disabilities and provide theories for mental health education for athletes with disabilities in accordance with.This research mainly includes three research contents.Research 1,Objective: To explore the characteristics and influencing factors of the mental health of athletes with physical disabilities;Methods: To conduct in-depth interviews with 16 athletes with physical disabilities,5 coaches,and 1 tutor using a purposeful sampling method,using NVIVO9.0 software for analysis;Results: General mental health and occupational mental health constitute the mental health characteristics of athletes with physical disabilities;Social factors(national,school,school policies),feelings of stress(training,life),Personality characteristics,leadership style of coaches and leaders(attitude,communication)are important factors affecting the mental health of physically disabled athletes.Research 2,Objective: To understand the mental health of athletes with physical disabilities,and to conduct statistical tests on the relationship between the influencing factors and mental health in the first part of the research results in order to verify and supplement the qualitative research;Methods: Using random sampling methods,200 physically disabled athletes and 150 non-disabled athletes conducted a mental healthlevel test and a survey of stress,personality,social support,and coach leadership style.Use independent sample t test,F test,one-way analysis of variance,Pearson correlation,structural equation model,Bootstrap method test,etc.to analyze the data;Results: More than 16.5% of the disabled athletes showed positive symptoms;The scores of mental health factors were significantly higher than Chinese norm,and the scores of somatization,anxiety and terror factors were significantly higher than those of non-disabled athletes;Female athletes with physical disabilities have a higher risk of sleep disorders and bad eating habit than male athletes;The younger the athletes with physical disabilities are,the lower their mental health level is;The lower the degree,the worse the mental health;The physical disabled athletes with fewer years of training,lower sports level and no ranking in the competition have poorer mental health;The somatization and psychosis of the disabled athletes in the physical group sports are worse than those in the skill group sports;The more psychosis and mood/neuroticism were,the lower mental health level was,the higher the subjective support,the lower the dissemble tendency,and the higher the mental health level;Social support plays a partial mediating role between stress and mental health,while subjective support plays a major role.Research 3,Objective: Explore the feasibility of improving the mental health of athletes with physical disabilities through mindfulness intervention;Methods: Use convenient sampling to select 8 athletes with physical disabilities to perform a multi-baseline ABA single-case design,and conduct daily mindfulness interventions on them;Results: Seven of the subjects had improved mental health and mindfulness after the mindfulness intervention.Based on the above three studies,the following conclusions are:(1)The mental health characteristics of physical disabled athletes are: stable emotional regulation,perseverance and assiduous behavior,confident,tolerant and insensitive personality traits and a strong sense of purpose,good sense of teamwork,set an example image,love sports career.(2)The main mental health problems of athletes with physical disabilities were compulsive symptoms,depression,interpersonal sensitivity,somatization,anxiety and fear.(3)The mental health of athletes with physicaldisabilities shows different characteristics in gender,age,education,ranking,training years,training level and category.(4)The more obvious psychosis and mood/neuroticism,the lower mental health level,the higher subjective support level,the lower dissemble tendency,and the higher mental health level.(5)Social support plays a partial mediating role between stress and mental health,and subjective support plays a major role.(6)Mindfulness can be an effective means to improve the mental health of athletes with physical disabilities.