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. 2021 May 20;3:612532. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.612532

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms, and the rate of flourishing, languishing, and extreme loneliness in athletes and non-athletes.

Mental health Athlete Non-athlete
n % n %
Anxiety Normal range 153 47.2 187 55.2
Mild 83 25.6 65 19.2
Moderate/Severe 88 27.2 87 25.7
Depression Normal range 242 74.7 247 72.9
Mild 59 18.2 61 18
Moderate/Severe 23 7.1 31 9.1
Overall loneliness No evidence of loneliness 9 2.8 16 4.9
Extremely lonely 29 9.1 38 11.6
Emotional loneliness No evidence of loneliness 24 7.6 27 8.2
Extremely lonely 79 24.9 82 24.9
Social loneliness No evidence of loneliness 135 42.6 141 42.9
Extremely lonely 55 17.4 55 16.7
Wellbeing Flourishing 32 9.7 45 12.9
Moderately mentally healthy 290 87.9 290 83.1
Languishing 8 2.4 14 4