TY - JOUR T1 - Varsity athletes' fitness perceptions, fitness-related self-conscious emotions and depression when sidelined from play. AU - Min,Alfred, AU - Murray,Ross M, AU - den Houdyker,Tahla, AU - Sabiston,Catherine M, Y1 - 2022/07/11/ PY - 2022/7/11/entrez PY - 2022/7/12/pubmed PY - 2022/7/12/medline KW - Depression KW - guilt KW - mental health KW - pride KW - self-conscious emotions KW - self-perceptions KW - shame SP - 1 EP - 6 JF - Journal of American college health : J of ACH JO - J Am Coll Health N2 - OBJECTIVE: Explore the association between varsity athletes' fitness perceptions and symptoms of depression while sidelined from sport for an extended period, and test whether fitness-related self-conscious emotions (i.e., shame, guilt, authentic pride, and hubristic pride) mediate this relationship. PARTICIPANTS: Varsity athletes (N = 124) from a large university in Canada where sports had been restricted for the past year due to the pandemic. METHOD: Participants completed a cross-sectional self-report survey. Regression analyses testing mediation (i.e., direct and indirect effects) were used to explore the main research aim. RESULTS: Controlling for age and gender, separate models demonstrated significant indirect effects of fitness perceptions on depression symptoms through shame, guilt, and authentic pride, but not through hubristic pride. CONCLUSION: Self-conscious emotions may be used as a tool to mitigate depression symptoms when varsity athletes are sidelined from sport for an extended period. Further research is needed to understand how self-conscious emotions develop when athletes are injured or retired. SN - 1940-3208 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35816748/Varsity_athletes'_fitness_perceptions_fitness_related_self_conscious_emotions_and_depression_when_sidelined_from_play_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -