Retired elite taekwondo athletes’ perceptions of the responsibilities of their national sports organization towards reporting, management, and prevention of mental health issues
| dc.contributor.author | Nosworthy, Katherine | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Strachan, Leisha (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Hussein, Aman (Kinesiology and Applied Health, University of Winnipeg) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Telles-Langon, David (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Teetzel, Sarah (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-09T14:43:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-09T14:43:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2019-07-14T15:18:41Z | en |
| dc.degree.discipline | Kinesiology and Recreation Management | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores the perceptions of retired elite Canadian Taekwondo athletes regarding their National Sport Organization’s responsibilities for reporting, managing, and preventing athletes’ mental health issues. Using qualitative interviews and a situational analysis of the data, results show that the majority of those interviewed in this study struggled with a mental health issue while competing at an elite level, and all of the participants reported seeing a teammate struggle, at one time or another, with a mental health issue. Participants in this study identified three major areas in which Taekwondo Canada can help athletes with mental health issues: 1) providing education to coaches and athletes; 2) providing a reporting structure that is independent and confidential, and; 3) providing greater access to sport psychologists on an ongoing basis. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2019 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/34184 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | mental health | en_US |
| dc.subject | elite athlete | en_US |
| dc.subject | taekwondo | en_US |
| dc.title | Retired elite taekwondo athletes’ perceptions of the responsibilities of their national sports organization towards reporting, management, and prevention of mental health issues | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |