The Survey of Mental Health Profile among Female Athletes in Sport Organizations to Provide Counseling and Psychotherapy

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Kambiz Kamkary ¹ , Shohreh Shokrzadeh ² , Sirous Fathi Vajargah ³ , Hossein Saeedy ⁴

1 - PhD in Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch
2 - PhD in Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch
3 - Faculty member of Amin University of Law Enforcement Sciences.
4 - In charge of the East Police Applied Research Center

Received: 2015-04-04 Accepted : 2015-05-10 Published : 2015-06-21

Keywords: mental health, Profile, Athletes, evaluate, provide counseling and psychotherapy,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to Survey mental health profile among female athletes in sport organizations to provide counseling and psychotherapy. The research design is descriptive type. Measurement instrument to evaluate mental health was Personality Questionnaire Multiphasic Minnesota Personality-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2RF) that has been validated by Kamkary and Shokrzadeh in Iran (1389). The results showed that the average female staff of physical education organization is in the sub-scales' "low positive emotions", "Malaise", "self-doubt", "Aesthetic-Literary Interests" and "introversion" above average and they need counseling and psychotherapy services. Hence, it is necessary to increase mental health and counseling services should be enjoying process.