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Mental Health, Addictions and Biomarkers in High Athletes Performance

Presence of Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder as Well as Genetic Biomarkers and the Inhibition-prepulse Endophenotype in Elite Athletes

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04842461
Enrollment
306
Registered
2021-04-13
Start date
2020-10-15
Completion date
2022-07-31
Last updated
2023-02-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anxiety, Depression, Mental Disorder, Pathological Gambling, Substance Abuse

Keywords

mental disorder, gambling, despression, anxiety

Brief summary

Sport is a privileged area to promote socialization and health values, such as companionship; a healthy lifestyle; cooperation to achieve common goals, and justice, rejecting unjustified advantages in competition. The concept of fair play is on which the development of those values pivots. From a holistic perspective, it is possible to define fair play, not only as a way to participate but also as a way of projecting people in life with values, assuming a set of behaviors that enhance a healthy and respectful sporting experience with opponents, the companions, the spectators, the referees and all the agents that take part in the sport practice.

Detailed description

Sport is a privileged area to promote socialization and health values, such as companionship; a healthy lifestyle; cooperation to achieve common goals, and justice, rejecting unjustified advantages in competition. The concept of fair play is on which the development of those values pivots. From a holistic perspective, it is possible to define fair play, not only as a way to participate but also as a way of projecting people in life with values, assuming a set of behaviors that enhance a healthy and respectful sporting experience with opponents, the companions, the spectators, the referees and all the agents that take part in the sport practice. Since 2018, joint actions have been carried out with the Villarreal de Fútbol Club, within the framework of the ENDAVANT agreement. Within these actions, it is proposed to develop different lines of research on sport and health. Within these lines, one of special relevance is that related to the risk of consumption of illicit substances and / or behavioral addictions, in elite athletes, since they are subjected to intense training days and stress situations derived from the demands of performance of professional competitive activity. On the other hand, recently published behavioral studies show that athletes who practice non-contact sports have a greater capacity to identify and assess emotions than athletes who practice contact sports and than those who practice contact sports show higher levels of physical aggression or verbal, and hostility or anger, than athletes who practice individual and non-contact sports.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Villarreal CF
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Cardenal Herrera University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

* active athletes in the elite soccer competition from the Villarreal CF, who agree to be included in the study by signing an informed consent and who have a health profile made by the club's Medical Service.

Exclusion criteria

* athletes who are transferred to other clubs during the study period.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Common drugs2 yearsDescribe the consumption of common drugs in elite athletes.
Identify other mental disorders2 yearsIdentify other mental disorders differents than addictions and psychopathy in elite athletes.
Explore the consumption of new psychoactive substances2 yearsExplore the consumption of new psychoactive substances in elite athletes
Pathological gambling2 yearsDescribe the study of behavioral addictions and video game addiction in elite athletes.
Mental disorders2 yearsDescribe the presence of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder
Genetic biomarkers2 yearsDescribe genetic biomarkers endophenotype in elite athletes.
Dopping2 yearsDescribe new dopping substances in elite atheletes.

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026