Why the study?
The study was conducted to obtain information about the mental health of young Finnish athletes of high school age in terms of mood state profiles.
Female student-athletes report higher total mood scores and are more prone to negative moods, while male individual athletes experience the highest acute fatigue.
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Mood profiles vary by gender and sport type in young athletes; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical application.
The aim of the study is to obtain information about the mental health of young Finnish athletes of high school age in terms of mood state profiles. Six different profiles were described. The overall mood score of women was higher than of men. The energy index was the highest for the men in individual sports and the lowest one was for the men in team sports. For the women in individual sports, it was lower than for men in individual sports. For the women in team sports it was higher than for men in team sports. The energy index was higher for women in individual sports than for women in team sports.
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