著者

神田 れいみ 佐野 毅彦

出版者

日本スポーツ産業学会

雑誌

スポーツ産業学研究 (ISSN:13430688)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.31, no.3, pp.3_307-3_316, 2021 (Released:2021-07-24)

参考文献数

23

被引用文献数

1

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Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese professional basketball's B. League postponed its regular season in late February 2020, which was then resumed in mid-March, before being suspended again only after one weekend. Eventually, the remaining regular season games (173 games in Division 1 and 117 games in Division 2) and all playoff games were cancelled. Purpose: This study mainly aimed to examine the professional basketball players' state of mental health after such unprecedented circumstances as the suspension and cancelation of league games in the middle of the season due to the pandemic of a communicable disease. Method: An electronic survey included members of the Japan Basketball Players Association in September 2020, which was 6 months after the season cancelation. The Japanese version of the K6 was used to assess players' mental health, and a K6 score ≥5 was defined as psychological distress. Results: There was a total of 108 eligible respondents. The ratio of K6≥5 (R5+) was 52% during the suspension period and 21% at 6 months after the cancelation. The R5+ was significantly higher in smaller teams than in bigger teams (odds ratio: 4.48, 95% confidence interval: 1.51-13.25). No relationship was found between R5+ and age, playing time, or the cumulative number of hometown infections. Conclusions: It was suggested that COVID-19 put half of the players at risk of psychological distress, namely, 30% acute and 20% chronic, and that the vulnerability of teams' business fundamentals affected players' mental health. Establishment of permanent counseling services for players' mental health care was recommended.

著者

佐野 毅彦

出版者

日本スポーツ産業学会

雑誌

スポーツ産業学研究 (ISSN:13430688)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.15, no.1, pp.37-45, 2005-03-31 (Released:2010-07-27)

被引用文献数

2

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The Japanese professional soccer league, J-League, has organized and conducted annually a Rookie Transition Program since its inaugural season of 1993. In the 2004 season, rookie players were required to attend a 3-day-symposium, to pass an examination in the laws of the game and to do some voluntary work in the local community and at the stadium. The aims of the Rookie Transition Program are to make rookie players aware of what a professional athlete should be, to assist them to adopt smoothly a new life as a professional athlete and to make them appreciate the value of the J-League. After re-examining the J-League's previous programs and researching the Rookie Transition Program of the National Basketball Association and the National Football League, both of which are the most successful professional sports leagues in the U.S., the J-League came up with the following policies : 1) not to teach what the J-League wants to teach, but let them feel what players need to know, 2) to make each session short and entertaining, and 3) to deal with as many topics to learn as possible. This paper explains how the J-League planned and evaluated the 2004 Rookie Transition Program. The purposes of this study are to search for better methods for conducting the J-League Rookie Transition Program and to design a model for the rookie transition programs in professional sports leagues.