Abstract

The current pandemic’s effect on mental health is uncertain with reports of it being largely negative related to loneliness and unemployment. There are different responses to pandemic stress with regards to cultural differences and social environment. Athletes are special in their experience of psychological resilience – there is a trend of positive adjustment to adversity and stress. However, further systematic review is required to confirm these findings along with an athlete-specific psychological resilience instrument. Key themes in relationships include a dichotomous mental health state marked by maladjustment and subsequent resilience, biopsychosocial factors as well as an array of cultural, social and environmental support and demands marked by stressors within and outside of sport. Digital mental health implementation is a logical next step for advancing the construct of athlete psychological resilience towards complementing an effective prevention and early intervention. However, mental health practitioners are grappling with digital mental health in a hybrid model of care. There is a need for converging on methodologies due to the rapid development of digital technologies which have outpaced evaluation of rigorous digital mental health interventions. The functions and implications of human and machine interactions require explainable and responsible implementation for more certain and positive outcomes to arise.

Highlights

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has led to alteration in work and lifestyle factors [1]

  • An integrative review is relevant as a methodology to critique and synthesize the literature on athlete psychological resilience and digital mental health implementation to reveal a new perspective and explore the convergence of the topics

  • A range of consensus and position statements [19–24] formed a foundation for high-level athletes being proposed as fertile ground for digital mental health implementation with a focus on maladjustment and resilience [5]

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to alteration in work and lifestyle factors [1]. The resultant uncertainty has contributed to a negative impact on adult mental health in the UK [2]. Australian studies proposed the disentanglement of individual, cultural, and environmental factors with regards to the increased mental health vulnerabilities of high-risk subpopulations High-level athletes showed resilience that helped them to positively adjust after a period of overwhelming stress during a COVID-19 lockdown period [5, 6]. This group were at high-risk for Adjustment Disorder but returned to baseline stress levels [5, 6]. Cultural differences and social environment require further unraveling to understand the different behavioral responses to pandemic stress as well as the implications for mental health outcomes and resilience

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