Table 1.
Sample demographics and scale reliabilities
| Variable | Males | Females | |
| (n=1007) | (n=84) | ||
| Age | M (SD) | 23.7 (4.1) | 23.8 (5.2) |
| Highest education completed | |||
| High school | n (%) | 797 (79.3) | 39 (46.4) |
| Trade or technical education | n (%) | 143 (14.2) | 14 (16.7) |
| Completed a university degree | n (%) | 65 (6.5) | 29 (34.5) |
| Currently studying | n (%) | 431 (42.8) | 46 (54.8) |
| Marital status | |||
| Partnered/de-facto | n (%) | 512 (50.9) | 34 (40.4) |
| Single | n (%) | 332 (33.0) | 47 (56.0) |
| Married | n (%) | 161 (16.0) | 3 (3.6) |
| Separated | n (%) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0) |
| Moved from home to play sport | n (%) | 468 (69.0) | 24 (28.6) |
| Another region within state | n (%) | 134 (13.3) | 5 (6.0) |
| Another state within Australia | n (%) | 451 (44.8) | 16 (19.0) |
| Another country | n (%) | 65 (6.5) | 3 (3.6) |
| Living situation | |||
| Renting | n (%) | 464 (46.1) | 21 (25.0) |
| My own home with mortgage | n (%) | 277 (27.5) | 17 (20.2) |
| Living with a host family | n (%) | 56 (5.6) | 2 (2.4) |
| My own home outright | n (%) | 43 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
| Family home | n (%) | 152 (15.1) | 38 (45.2) |
| Other | n (%) | 14 (1.4) | 6 (7.1) |
| Cultural background | |||
| Born in Australia | n (%) | 916 (91.1) | 75 (89.3) |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | n (%) | 69 (6.9) | 5 (6.8) |
| Maori | n (%) | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0) |
| Time in current elite competition | |||
| <1 year | n (%) | 108 (10.7) | 13 (15.5) |
| 1–5 years | n (%) | 500 (49.7) | 51 (60.7) |
| >5 years | n (%) | 399 (39.6) | 20 (23.8) |
| Current injury status | |||
| Uninjured | n (%) | 717 (71.3) | 61 (72.6) |
| Currently injured/on adapted training programme | n (%) | 288 (28.7) | 22 (26.2) |
| Scale reliability (cronbach coefficient) | |||
| APSQ self-regulation | α | 0.82 | 0.74 |
| APSQ performance | α | 0.74 | 0.72 |
| APSQ external coping | α | 0.68 | 0.80 |
| APSQ total score | α | 0.87 | 0.84 |
| K-10 | α | 0.86 | 0.80 |
| WEMWBS | α | 0.94 | 0.93 |
APSQ, Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire; K-10, Kessler 10; WEMWBS, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale.