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‘When you have the adrenalin pumping, it kind of flushes out any negative emotions’: a qualitative exploration of the benefits of playing football for people with mental health difficulties
Journal of Mental Health, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 172 - 179
Swansea University Author:
Alecia Cousins
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09638237.2020.1793119
Abstract
‘When you have the adrenalin pumping, it kind of flushes out any negative emotions’: a qualitative exploration of the benefits of playing football for people with mental health difficulties
| Published in: | Journal of Mental Health |
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| ISSN: | 0963-8237 1360-0567 |
| Published: |
Informa UK Limited
2022
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| Online Access: |
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62357 |
| Keywords: |
Mental health difficulties; football; psychosocial benefits; qualitative methods; sports-based therapy |
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| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Funders: |
The evaluation study from which this paper was drawn was funded by Time to Change Wales, hosted by Mind Cymru and run independently by the University of South Wales. |
| Issue: |
2 |
| Start Page: |
172 |
| End Page: |
179 |

