FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETES

Abstract

Psychopathology and performance in sports are said to have an inverse relationship, as stated by the Mental Health Model (MHM) of athletic performance. The concept of the model, which states that an athlete's performance should either decline or rise depending on whether their mental health is improving or suffering, is currently supported by a significant amount of evidence. Generally speaking, when it comes to selecting athletes, generic psychological evaluations of personality structure and mood state have the potential to detect between 70 and 85 percent of successful and unsuccessful athletes. Even if this level of accuracy is higher than the probability of occurrence, it is not sufficient. The findings of longitudinal MHM research reveal that there is a dose-response relationship between the amount of training load and the mood state reactions of athletes. This discovery has the potential to reduce the incidence of staleness syndrome in athletes who participate in strenuous physical exercise. Due to the fact that support services have solely been concerned with the prevention and treatment of physical disorders up to this point, the MHM also has an impact on the healthcare that athletes receive in general. A number of authors have recently expressed skepticism over the validity of the MHM, despite the fact that it is founded on a straightforward concept and is supported by empirical evidence. In the field of sport psychology, the MHM has been misunderstood in a significant number of instances. The goal of this review is to present a summary of the research that has been done on MHM, including any ongoing efforts to resolve conflicts by addressing the dynamic components of the model.