Prospective study of psychological development of adolescent female athletes: initial assessment.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_549459DBB87B
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Prospective study of psychological development of adolescent female athletes: initial assessment.
Périodique
The Journal of Adolescent Health
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Theintz G., Ladame F., Kehrer E., Plichta C., Howald H., Sizonenko P.C.
ISSN
1054-139X
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
05/1994
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
15
Numéro
3
Pages
258-262
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Résumé
PURPOSE: This study aimed at assessing the impact of physical training on psychological functioning at the onset of a prospective study of psychological and somatic maturation of adolescent female athletes. METHODS: Twenty-seven highly trained gymnasts aged 12.7 +/- 1.1 year (mean +/- SD, training load = 18-26 hr/week) and 16 age-matched but moderately trained swimmers (13.0 +/- 0.9 yr, training load 4-15 hr/wk) were submitted to standardized somatic and psychiatric examinations during training camps. RESULTS: Gymnasts were significantly shorter, lighter and thinner (p < 0.001) than swimmers. Their bone age was moderately but significantly retarded (-1.42 +/- 0.99 yr, p < 0.001) in contrast with swimmers in whom it was adequate for chronological age (+0.28 +/- 0.94 year, ns). Only 7.4% of gymnasts had already had menarche in contrast with 50% of age-matched swimmers (p = 0.003). Psychological functioning was considered as normal in all subjects. However, seven athletes including 3/27 gymnasts and 4/16 swimmers (p = 0.394) were considered as subjects "at risk" to develop a manifest mental disorder over time. Ten gymnasts (41.7%) presented with a global delay in psychological maturation, whereas no such case was observed among swimmers (p = 0.015). No correlation could be established between psychological delay and pubertal retardation (p = 0.210). CONCLUSION: Strenuous training in gymnastics for more than 1 yr has so far no detectable interference with the normal maturational events of adolescence. The outcome of athletes at risk to develop psychopathology as well as those with a global delay in psychological maturation who presented as if they were still in the latency period, remains uncertain.
Mots-clé
Adolescent, Adolescent Psychology, Age Determination by Skeleton, Child, Female, Growth, Growth Disorders/diagnosis, Growth Disorders/epidemiology, Gymnastics/physiology, Gymnastics/psychology, Human Development, Humans, Matched-Pair Analysis, Menarche, Mental Disorders/diagnosis, Mental Disorders/epidemiology, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Swimming/physiology, Swimming/psychology
Pubmed
Web of science
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