Resource Tag: SPORTS

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This study reviews literature on the relationship between sports spectatorship & suicidal behaviour to ascertain whether sports spectatorship has an impact on suicidal behaviour, either increasing the risk or being a protective factor. PubMed/MEDLINE & PsycINFO searches were done & 9 studies, published between 1986-2006, were identified. Results indicate sports events can have an impact […]

This study assessed the relation of physical activity with feelings of sadness & suicidal thoughts & behaviours among Hispanic & non-Hispanic white adolescents. 1870 Texas adolescents, ages 14-18, attending high school in Neuces County participated. More boys reported participating in physical activity than girls & more girls than boys reported feelings of sadness & considering […]

The associations of physical activity & sports team participation with suicidal behaviour among American high school students were evaluated. Data were from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Compared with inactive students or sports team nonparticipants, the odds of suicide ideation were lower among boys reporting frequent vigorous-intensity physical activity & sports team participation. The […]

The aims of this study were to identify cognitive vulnerabilities & to examine the protective role of active engagement in sport in the development of suicide ideation & hopelessness. In Study 1, 102 male military recruits participated. Scores on the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire but not on the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale predicted presence of suicide ideation […]

This study used hierarchical logistic regression analysis to test whether athletic participation was associated with lower rates of suicide ideation & behaviour among a nationally representative sample of over 16,000 American public & private high school students. Net of the effects of age, ethnicity, parental educational attainment, & urbanicity, high school athletic participation was significantly […]

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Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

This study examines the hypothesis that physical activity & team sports participation are associated with decreased risk of suicidal ideation & suicide attempts in adolescents, using data from the 1991 U.S. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. The prevalence of behaviors related to the leading causes of mortality, morbidity, & social problems among youth are examined, […]

This article examined the role of sport among adolescents in relation to self-reported suicide attempts. The sample consisted of 4504 students of both sexes in the age range of 14-19 years, divided into groups of suicide non-attempters & attempters. Results showed that among girls suicide attempts are linked to the attitude that sport is not […]

Since 1992, Sports Challenge has been recognised as a ‘World Best Practice’ in redressing the issue of ‘at risk’ children & adolescents. The program now operates in over 150 schools & communities throughout Australia & 24 schools & Detention Centres in Singapore. This article allows a window into the development of the program & the […]

In one 10-year period from 1907-1916 four Kentuckians, three former baseball players & the league president, completed suicide. This article briefly discusses the lives of Bob Lankswert, Harry Clay Pulliam, Dan McGann, & Eddie Hohnhorst.

This article discusses the life and suicide of Charlie Hollocher, a shortstop with the Chicago Cubs from 1917-1924.

Two cases in the United States raised the question of whether or not a sports medicine provider can be liable for an athlete’s suicide due to a combination of factors where the allegation is made that depression was brought on, at least in part, as a result of injuries prohibiting or restricting the athlete’s return […]

See SIEC #1991-0470 for Curtis et al reference.

The Accident & Emergency department records of Nottingham’s University Hospital (UK) were scrutinised for cases of deliberate self-poisoning presenting during the weekend of Nottingham Forest’s F.A. Cup Final defeat in 1991 & the weekend of their subsequent failure at the quarter-final stage in 1992. Rates of deliberate self-poisoning during these periods of intense expectation and […]

Reports on the suicide phenomenon of post-event depression & increases in community suicide rates following major sporting events, especially in the immediate three-day period after major events. Impact of post-event trauma on staff & volunteeers involved with major sporting events is discussed.

Because some individuals’ identities are influenced by an affiliation with professional sports teams, the impact of the 1994-1995 professional baseball & hockey strikes on suicide & homicide rates is examined. Gabennesh’s (1988) theory of broken promises is used to examine the relationship between strikes & homicide/suicide rates. Controlling for divorce, unemployment rates, & seasonality, results […]

It is proposed the social context surrounding the Stanley Cup constitutes in Quebec a period of increased informal interpersonal contact among people & that this should ultimately servce to discourage &/or prevent some potential suicides from occurring. Analysis revealed the period comprising the Stanley Cup is by itself not a significant predictor of suicide, though […]

This article is a biographical account of Billy Heindl. It includes details of his hockey career & his suicide attempt. The article discusses events that contributed to his suicide attempt. The coping skills that have allowed him to handle stress following his hospitalization are described. Heindl hopes that by telling his story it will help […]

This brief article discusses the suicide in 1989 of Ricky Berry, a guard with the Sacramento Kings basketball team.