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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Substance Abuse; Mental Disorder; Pathological Gambling

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 306

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Castellón
    • Villa-Real, Castellón, Spain, 12540
      • Villarreal CF
    • Villarreal, Castellón, Spain, 12540
      • Villarreal CF

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Elite football players from Spanish football league

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Common drugs	Describe the consumption of common drugs in elite athletes.	2 years
Identify other mental disorders	Identify other mental disorders differents than addictions and psychopathy in elite athletes.	2 years
Explore the consumption of new psychoactive substances	Explore the consumption of new psychoactive substances in elite athletes	2 years
Pathological gambling	Describe the study of behavioral addictions and video game addiction in elite athletes.	2 years
Mental disorders	Describe the presence of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder	2 years
Genetic biomarkers	Describe genetic biomarkers endophenotype in elite athletes.	2 years
Dopping	Describe new dopping substances in elite atheletes.	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
• Collaborators: Villarreal CF

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): October 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): March 10, 2021
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): July 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 9, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 13, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 8, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 6, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: anxiety; mental disorder; gambling; despression
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Chemically-Induced Disorders; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Mental Disorders; Gambling
• Other Study ID Numbers: MHS

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No