Published in a peer-reviewed journal
Self-Efficacy and Depression in Boxers
A Mediation Model
Xin Chen, Nan Qiu, Chao Chen, Dexin Wang, Guodong Zhang, Liang Zhai. 2020. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Summary
Higher self-efficacy and self-control scores were associated with lower depressive symptom scores.
What the work reports
- The boxers completed three questionnaires: one on confidence in their own ability as athletes (self-efficacy), one on self-control, and one that screens for depressive symptoms.
- Boxers with higher self-efficacy and self-control scores reported fewer depressive symptoms.
- In the authors' statistical model, self-control accounted for part of the link between self-efficacy and depressive symptoms.
Limits to keep in mind
- Cross-sectional. Everything was measured once, so the study shows association and cannot show cause.
- The authors note that the questionnaires had not been validated for use in boxers.
- All participants were boxers in China. The findings may not carry over to other fighters or other sports.
Publication status
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Original research article in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
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