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Exploring the effectiveness of an integrated exercise/CBT intervention for young men's mental health. |
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British Journal of Health Psychology, 16(3), September 2011, pp.457-471. |
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1359-107X |
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It has been suggested that approaching young men about mental health issues in contexts which are viewed by males as “acceptable” is critical to their engagement. This ten week pilot study compared the effectiveness of a team-based sport/psychosocial intervention (Back of the Net, BTN) with an individual exercise (IE) and a control condition for the mental health of young men in Ireland. A total of 104 sedentary males aged between 18 and 40 years were recruited and randomly assigned to one of the three conditions. The BTN programme integrated team sport (i.e., football) and cognitive-behavioural techniques. IE sessions included aerobic and resistance training and the control group refrained from exercise. Participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), the Social Provisions Scale (SPS) and a short qualitative questionnaire at pre-intervention, week 5, post-intervention and at 8-week follow-up. Those in the BTN and the IE condition demonstrated a significant decrease in BDI-II scores compared to the controls post-intervention and at 8-weeks. The IE condition demonstrated significantly greater perceived social support than the BTN condition at week 5 and the control group at 8-week follow-up. The authors conclude that exercise-based interventions can be effective in reducing symptoms of depression in a non-clinical community sample of young men and suggest that the BTN programme warrants larger scale community-based research to further examine the effectiveness of this type of intervention. |
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behaviour therapy; cognitive behavioural therapy; depression; intervention; men; mental health; physical exercise; sport; young adults; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=3cd3da35-cc41-4d0c-bdd5-6ab730befffd |
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