Aims: Sleep has been identified as an important factor contributing to optimal sports performance... more Aims: Sleep has been identified as an important factor contributing to optimal sports performance. However, in previous research there appears to be some inconsistency between objective and subjective measures of sleep. Distorted perception may have detrimental effects on the psychological and physiological performance of elite athletes. Furthermore, these discrepancies may align closer during different phases of training. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the relationship between training load and possible discrepancy between objective and subjective measures of sleep quality in elite athletes. Methods: Twenty-eight elite male cyclists (age: 19.6 ± 1.6 yr, mean ± SD), living on-site at the Australian Institute of Sport, completed a 6-week training camp that consisted of 1 week of normal training (14 h/week), 3 weeks of high training (30 ± 3 h/week) and 2 weeks of recovery training (15 ± 1.4 h/week). Objective assessments of sleep (i.e. total sleep time, sleep efficiency ...
Background: Young people carry mental health problems disproportionate to the size of their popul... more Background: Young people carry mental health problems disproportionate to the size of their population, and rates of help-seeking are low. School mental health programs have been developed to address these issues, founded on an educational approach to target mental health literacy, and indirectly improve help-seeking. However, it has been suggested that knowledge does not necessarily predict health behaviour in young people. Objective/Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore whether knowledge about mental illness was related to attitudes towards mental illness and intentions to seek help in a sample of adolescent girls (N=327). Results: Results indicated a weak negative relationship between knowledge about mental health and stigmatising attitudes about mental illness, but no relationship between knowledge about mental health and intentions to seek help for mental health problems. When mental health was categorised (e.g., optimal vs. poorer mental health), a negative...
Aims: Sleep has been identified as an important factor contributing to optimal sports performance... more Aims: Sleep has been identified as an important factor contributing to optimal sports performance. However, in previous research there appears to be some inconsistency between objective and subjective measures of sleep. Distorted perception may have detrimental effects on the psychological and physiological performance of elite athletes. Furthermore, these discrepancies may align closer during different phases of training. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the relationship between training load and possible discrepancy between objective and subjective measures of sleep quality in elite athletes. Methods: Twenty-eight elite male cyclists (age: 19.6 ± 1.6 yr, mean ± SD), living on-site at the Australian Institute of Sport, completed a 6-week training camp that consisted of 1 week of normal training (14 h/week), 3 weeks of high training (30 ± 3 h/week) and 2 weeks of recovery training (15 ± 1.4 h/week). Objective assessments of sleep (i.e. total sleep time, sleep efficiency ...
Background: Young people carry mental health problems disproportionate to the size of their popul... more Background: Young people carry mental health problems disproportionate to the size of their population, and rates of help-seeking are low. School mental health programs have been developed to address these issues, founded on an educational approach to target mental health literacy, and indirectly improve help-seeking. However, it has been suggested that knowledge does not necessarily predict health behaviour in young people. Objective/Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore whether knowledge about mental illness was related to attitudes towards mental illness and intentions to seek help in a sample of adolescent girls (N=327). Results: Results indicated a weak negative relationship between knowledge about mental health and stigmatising attitudes about mental illness, but no relationship between knowledge about mental health and intentions to seek help for mental health problems. When mental health was categorised (e.g., optimal vs. poorer mental health), a negative...
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