Journal article
Mental health of circus artists: Psychological resilience, circus factors, and demographics predict depression, anxiety, stress, and flourishing
Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Vol.53, Article 101850
2021
Abstract
Circus artists perform physically demanding skills in a high-stress environment, yet little is known about their mental health. We explored emotional states of depression, anxiety, stress and flourishing in a sample of 500 circus artists. The predominantly female sample (n = 415) encompassed a range of performance levels (amateur 50%, part/full-time professional 41%, student 6%, retired 3%), with aerial acrobatics (71%) being the most frequently represented main circus discipline in the sample. Compared to previously established normative scores of a non-clinical population, circus artists scored higher on scales of emotions reflecting depression, anxiety, and stress, and lower on flourishing. They also scored higher on both state and trait resilience compared to previously established normative scores. Using a Bayesian estimation procedure, linear regression analyses showed that resilience, circus factors, and demographics (i.e., age and gender) explained between 24% and 51% of the variance in emotional states of depression, anxiety, stress, and flourishing. Consistently, circus artists with higher levels of state/trait resilience reported higher levels of psychological wellbeing, indicated by lower levels of emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress, and higher levels of flourishing. Therefore, the development of interventions for circus artists who experience lower levels of psychological wellbeing appears warranted.
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- Title
- Mental health of circus artists: Psychological resilience, circus factors, and demographics predict depression, anxiety, stress, and flourishing
- Authors/Creators
- F.E.C.A. van Rens (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityB. Heritage (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Vol.53, Article 101850
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Identifiers
- 991005541981907891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Elsevier Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Allied Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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