Editorial: Athlete Psychological Resilience and Digital Mental Health Implementation

Balcombe, Luke, De Leo, Diego and Turner, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1975-5561 (2022) Editorial: Athlete Psychological Resilience and Digital Mental Health Implementation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 (108299). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1664-1078

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Abstract

An athlete’s ability to adapt to stress and adversity is vital for their psychological resilience. While resilience has been traditionally considered from a physiological perspective in sports, in recent years, the importance of the mind–body connection has led to a growing interest in the field of athlete psychological resilience. In this Research Topic, we have received papers evaluating different approaches to psychological resilience in elite athletes, endurance athletes (ranging from competitive amateurs to professional athletes), and tactical athletes also known as high-performance military personnel. Three of the four articles of this collection primarily examined athlete psychological resilience and one article also focused on digital mental health implementation. Each article is presented separately because of the investigation of different types of athletes in addition to the exploration of cognitive and/or psychological resilience.