PhD Scientific Days 2025

Health Sciences I.

Profi és amatőr triatlonosok mentális egészségének vizsgálata

Name of the presenter

Skublics Zsófia

Institute/workplace of the presenter

SE-ETK Fizioterápiai Tanszék

Authors

Zsófia Skublics¹

1: SE-ETK Fizioterápiai Tanszék

Text of the abstract

Background: Protecting mental health is a priority, and more and more athletes and
sporting events are raising awareness of this. In my research, I investigated mental health
in the dimensions of youth racing, smart/sports watch use and sports injury among amateur
and professional triathlon athletes.
Objectives: My aim is to find out if people who are not ranked are better on mental health
tests and have fewer sports injuries. Also, those who exercise with the help of sport watch
will also have better scores on mental health tests.
Methods and materials: Firstly, I conducted systematic literature research using online
databases, processed 21 relevant
articles to provide the background for my questionnaire survey. I collected data using an
online questionnaire with 55 participants (26 women, 29 men, aged 18-64). In my
questionnaire, in addition to my own questions, I used the WHO Well-being Index and the
Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ) by Simon Rice. My research looked at
whether there is a difference in mental health between adult triathletes depending on
whether they participated in a ranking competition as a young person.
Results: Those who competed before the age of 11 have a lower well-being but a better
psychological stress level than those who did not compete. Those who competed between
the ages of 11 and 16 have a lower average well-being and a higher psychological burden.
The research shows that watch usage has no particular protective effect on these aspects of
mental health as measured by these scales. The presence of sports injuries has a more
negative influence on subjective well-being and psychological distress. The average well-
being index was 71%, but it was also found that 36.4% of respondents had a lower well-
being index than the average Hungarian population in 2019. 34.6% of the respondents did
not fell into the APSQ critical category, but the rest of the answerers proved to be fell in a
vulnerable category for mental health (16.4% moderate, 12.6% high, 36.4% very high).
Conclusions: The results highlight the importance of monitoring and maintaining the
mental health of even regularly sporting people and worth to study. A holistic approach to
the planning and implementation of sporting life is recommended. The topic requires
further investigation. With a larger number of elements, more precise conclusions can be
drawn.