Date Approved
4-29-2022
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Education-Higher Education (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
College of Education
First Advisor
Laila McCloud
Academic Year
2021/2022
Abstract
Previous and developing literature indicates that collegiate student-athletes, while more susceptible to psychological problems, are underutilizing mental health resources. This project examines the aforementioned problem through the use of extensive student-athlete mental health literature to identify themes that are affecting student-athlete’s likeliness of seeking psychological services. Throughout the themes, the need for additional support from student-athlete stakeholders is presented. A workshop series to guide increased mental health literacy in student-athlete stakeholders to create opportunities to recognize signs of mental illness and form cultures that encourage the utilization of psychological services is constructed. It is anticipated that by including stakeholders in this intervention that the utilization of mental health resources by student-athletes will increase.
ScholarWorks Citation
Glover, Kathleen Olivia, "An Examination of the Underutilization of Mental Health Resources in Collegiate Student-Athletes" (2022). Masters Theses. 1039.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/1039
