Approximately 78–87% of high school students are involved in an extracurricular activity, with nearly 57% of those students involved in a sport/sports team program (Caldarella et. al, 2019). High school male wrestling has been identified to be one of the leading sports in which student-athletes will experience mental health issues related to depression, anxiety, stress, disordered eating, rapid weight loss, eating disorders, aggression, and more (Sarkar & Fletcher, 2014). Occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) are limited in school systems, where their role is related solely to students’ academic attainment and achievement, yet education is only one of four occupations experienced within the secondary school setting. OTPs are trained in both physical and psychosocial rehabilitation. This presents potential for the profession to be integrated within school-based athletic programming to provide mental health and wellness services for adolescent male wrestlers. The purpose of this project is to determine if active presence and facilitation of mental health services by OTPs within athletics would enhance a student athlete’s sport performance and promote their holistic health and wellness for long-lasting health care management.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/45433 |
| Date | 10 January 2023 |
| Creators | Gazzillo, Victoria |
| Contributors | Phillips, Jennifer, Jacobs, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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