AHEAD OF THE GAME RESEARCH

Preliminary research

During 2015, the team started the project by conducting preliminiary research into current mental health sports initiatives and the preferences of adolescent athletes, coaches, parents and club managers about the types of mental health programs that might suit their clubs. Some of these preliminary findings are now published and you can access summaries of the findings here. Just click on the links and the summary should load in a different window.

What Do Adolescent Males Think About The Role of Sports Clubs in Mental Health?

This summary focuses on our research with young men aged 12 to 17 years involved in AFL, basketball, cricket, swimming, tennis, and soccer. We asked them what they thought about sports clubs being involved in mental health. To read the summary, follow this link: Swann 2018 adolescent males.

Or you can look for the full research paper here.

What Do Parents Think About The Role of Sports Clubs in Mental Health?

This summary focuses on our research with parents and what they thought about sports clubs being involved in mental health. To read the summary, follow this link: Hurley 2017 parents

Or you can look for the full research paper here.

Adressing Mental Health Through Sport: A Review of Sporting Organization's Websites

This summary looks at our research into how mental health is mentioned on other sporting websites. To read the summary, follow this link: Liddle 2017 review

Or you can look for the full research paper here.