External Athlete Research
External Athlete Research
This study is focused on exploring female athletes’ understanding of and experiences with resilience. This study provides an in-depth, qualitative examination of risk and protective factors of resilience as part of a larger longitudinal study. Compensation available.
This collaborative study with LSU Athletics, Harvard, Boston’s Children’s, & Boston Ballet identifies components of psychological resilience among female athletes by testing the degree to which psychological resilience predicts increased depression, anxiety, eating disorder pathology, substance use & psychosocial stress.
The FAB program targets behavior modifications to improve nutrition, fitness, and body image in an effort to prevent the Female Athlete Triad (lost menses, osteoporosis, low energy availability), updated to include additional factors known as Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDS).