| Abstract | Zdravlje je stanje potpunog tjelesnog, psihičkog i društvenog blagostanja, a ne samo odsustvo bolesti (WHO, 2017.). Simptomi bolesti mogu biti raznovrsni. Ono što je važno uvijek ih prepoznati na vrijeme. Kao jedan od načina preventivnog djelovanja danas se preporučuje rekreativno bavljenje sportom. Umjerena količina vježbanja ima benevolentan učinak na zdravlje pojedinca (Ströhe, 2009.). No, pojačana količina napora i energije mogu djelovati negativno po zdravlje osobe (Hughes i Leavely, 2012.). Stoga profesionalni sportaši, kojima je dio životnog stila izloženost učestalim naporima, ozljedama, stresu, i slično, mogu imati tendenciju prema traženju medicinske pomoći (Lebrun i Collins, 2017.). Pri traženju pomoći sportaši navode kako imaju problema sa stigmatizacijom, prije svega pri traženju pomoći za mentalno zdravlje (Gulliver i sur, 2012a.). Podaci pokazuju kako profesionalni sportaši nisu imuni na mentalne bolesti (depresija, anksioznost, poremećaju prehrane, problemi sa spavanjem, agresivno ponašanje, poremećaju uzrokovani uzimanjem opojnih sredstava), iz tog razloga pokušava se pronaći način kako im pomoći te ujedno djelovati na destigmatizaciju mentalnih bolesti među ovom populacijom (Schaal i sur., 2011). Zbog toga sve više se radi na edukaciji kako sportaša tako i trenera te svih onih koji su uključeni u život sportaša. Sportski psiholozi su se pokazali kao djelotvorni članovi u klubovima, a ujedno važnost svoje uloge pokazuju u istraživanjima na ovoj skupini te obogaćivanju novim informacijama i novim načinima djelovanja za dobrobit sportaša (Barić, 2012.). |
| Abstract (english) | Health is a state of complete physical, psychological and social well-being, not just absence of disease (WHO, 2017). Symptoms of the disease can vary. It is important to always recognize them in time. Recreational sporting activities are recommended as a part of the preventive measures. Moderate amount of exercise has a benevolent effect on an individual’s health (Ströhe, 2009). However, an increased amount of effort and energy can affect the person's health adversely (Hughes and Leavely, 2012). Therefore, professional athletes, who as a part of their lifestyle are exposed to frequent injuries, strain, stress etc., may tend to seek medical help (Lebrun and Collins, 2017). In help seeking, professional athletes report to have problems with stigmatization, especially when they seek help for their mental health (Gulliver
et al., 2012a.). Data show that professional athletes are not immune to mental illnesses (depression, anxiety, eating disorders, sleeping problems, aggressive behavior, disturbances caused by the use of narcotics). Thus, it is important to find ways to help them and at the same time work on destigmatization of mental illness in professional athletes (Schaal et al., 2011). For this reason, there is more and more education provided for both professional athletes and coaches and all people involved in professional athletes' lives. Sports psychologists have proved to be effective members of the sport clubs, while at the same time they demonstrate their importance through research on this group and through collecting with new information and new ways of acting for athletes’ well-being (Barić, 2012). |
