Abstract

REGO, Daiane Cardinalli et al. Symptom-based depression tendency in athletes and non-sports practitioners. Motri. [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.3, pp.218-224.  Epub Mar 21, 2024. ISSN 1646-107X.  https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.30733.

The practice of physical exercises is known to be able to protect individuals against depression. The present study aimed to investigate the tendency to depression based on symptoms in athletes and non-sports practitioners. The research of exploratory, descriptive, analytical, transversal and quantitative characteristics, developed in Sergipe, was carried out between the months of April and July of the year 2018. The athletes were sought in clubs in the city of Aracaju and the metropolitan region. The analysed variables were: sex, age, time of competitive activity, level of competition, receiving financial aid, type of sport and weekly training time. The result of the Beck Depression Inventory among sub-elite and non-practising athletes showed a lower prevalence of depression symptoms among athletes [U= 314, p< 001]. [F(1,59)= 19.765, p< .001], adolescents [F(1,7)= 11.598, p= .011] and young adults [F(1,72)= 24.030, p< .001]. Athletes of team sports were shown to be less vulnerable than individual athletes and non-practitioners, as well as the athlete's condition was shown to be associated and correlated with the tendency to depression based on symptoms

Keywords : physical inactivity; body image; depression.

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