APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

The Pandemic’s Toll on Social Support, Mental Health and Nutrition in Collegiate Female Athletes

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Ava Hanson
    The University of Tulsa
  • Natalie Christensen
  • Barbara Gordon
  • Cynthia Blanton
  • Nicki Aubuchon-Endsley

Abstract

Utilizing archival data, this study will examine mental health, social support and eating patterns associations among female collegiate athletes during the initial pandemic lockdown period. The researchers theorize that athletes will report worsened mental health and social support during this time alongside dietary changes, consistent with extant literature.

Epidemics and Public Health

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