Collegiate student-athletes are experiencing an ongoing mental health epidemic, especially concerning anxiety and depression. This study builds upon the meta-theory of the human need to belong and the transactional theory of stress and coping by framing stress as a mediator for the benefits of cohesion between teammates on mental health. Data from 121 Division-I student-athletes demonstrated a fully mediated model whereby task cohesion indirectly benefited anxiety and depression through lower stress levels. Social cohesion, however, was not significantly associated with either stress or anxiety and depression. These findings underscore teammate relationships are appraised as social stimuli and that the lack of shared task approaches and understandings among teammates can be distressing and detract from general well-being. Coaches, athletic departments, and other academic stakeholders may use this information to guide their efforts to lower student-athlete stress through their social relationships with others. This aim can become an emphasis on pre-season training, team meetings, and athlete check-ins.

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与队友的凝聚力对一级学生运动员心理健康的影响：人类归属需要和交易压力框架的应用


大学生运动员正在经历持续的心理健康流行病，尤其是焦虑和抑郁。这项研究建立在人类需要归属感的元理论以及压力和应对的交易理论的基础上，将压力视为有利于队友之间的凝聚力和心理健康的中介因素。来自 121 名一级学生运动员的数据证明了一种完全中介模型，即任务凝聚力通过降低压力水平间接有益于焦虑和抑郁。然而，社会凝聚力与压力、焦虑和抑郁并没有显着相关。这些发现强调，队友关系被视为社交刺激，而队友之间缺乏共享任务方法和理解可能会令人痛苦并有损整体幸福感。教练、体育部门和其他学术利益相关者可以利用这些信息来指导他们通过与他人的社交关系来降低学生运动员的压力。这个目标可以成为季前训练、团队会议和运动员报到的重点。