Given how COVID-19 had caused significant increases in collegiate athletes’ psychological distress, we examined the extent to which such distress may have been ameliorated by the athletes’ psychosocial resources (e.g., resilience). We used structural equation modeling to examine the direct and indirect relationships of resilience, self-compassion, and social support to women collegiate athletes’ (N = 3,924; 81.2% White) psychological distress; athletes completed measures of these constructs from mid-April to mid-May 2020. Analyses revealed significant direct effects: More supported (β = −0.12 to −0.19), self-compassionate (β = −0.48 to −0.53), and resilient (β = −0.21 to −0.35) athletes experienced less psychological distress (R² = .61–.65). Further, self-compassion and social support were related indirectly (and inversely) to psychological distress through higher levels of resilience. These psychosocial resources appear to have played a positive role in how athletes coped with the pandemic, being associated with less psychological distress. These findings have application beyond the pandemic, providing direction for how sport psychology professionals may assist athletes in maintaining their well-being.

鉴于COVID-19如何导致大学生运动员的心理困扰显着增加，我们研究了运动员的社会心理资源（例如，复原力）可以在多大程度上缓解这种困扰。我们使用结构方程模型来研究复原力、自我慈悲和社会支持与女大学生运动员（N  = 3,924；81.2% 白人）心理困扰的直接和间接关系；运动员于 2020 年 4 月中旬至 5 月中旬完成了对这些结构的测量。分析显示了显着的直接影响：更多支持（β = -0.12 至 -0.19）、自我同情（β = -0.48 至 -0.53）和弹性（ β = -0.21 至 -0.35）运动员经历的心理困扰较少（R ²  = .61–.65）。此外，自我慈悲和社会支持通过较高的复原力与心理困扰间接（或反向）相关。这些心理社会资源似乎在运动员如何应对这一流行病方面发挥了积极作用，与较少的心理困扰有关。这些发现不仅适用于大流行，还为运动心理学专业人士如何帮助运动员保持健康提供了方向。