Healio (6/1, Wursta) reports research indicates that “compared with no sport participation, adolescents who participate in team sports experience fewer mental health difficulties, while those who compete in individual sports experience more mental health difficulties.” Investigators arrived at these conclusions after having “analyzed data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, which included a sample of 11,235 U.S. children aged nine to 13 years.” The findings were published online in PLOS One.
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— “Study: Participation in team sports fosters adolescent mental health “Max R. Wursta, Healio, June 1, 2022