Mental health trajectory throughout high school football career: a four-year prospective cohort study
Our data suggest that mental health wellbeing remain consistent across 1 to 2 years of high school sports participation, regardless of head impact exposure or types of sports they play (football or non-contact sports). However, psychological burden may accumulate over multiple years of football participation.
Authors
- Taylor R. Zuidema
- Sharlene D. Newman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5575-8535)
- George Ellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8484-0629)
- Sage H. Sweeney
- Jeffrey J. Bazarian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7100-3805)
- Keisuke Kawata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4135-9311)
- Jesse A. Steinfeldt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6911-0505)
- Grace O. Recht
- Claire V. Buddenbaum
- Kyle A. Kercher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4092-7113)
Institutions
- University of Alabama (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1723687
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00