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. 2022 Feb 4;17(2):e0263575.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263575. eCollection 2022.

Progression in training volume and perceived psychological and physiological training distress in Norwegian student athletes: A cross-sectional study

Cathrine Nyhus Hagum  1 , Espen Tønnessen  2 , Shaher A I Shalfawi  1
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Progression in training volume and perceived psychological and physiological training distress in Norwegian student athletes: A cross-sectional study

Cathrine Nyhus Hagum et al. PLoS One. .

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Abstract

This cross-sectional study examined self-reported weekly training volume and perceived training distress in Norwegian student athletes according to gender, type of sport, school program, and school year. The Norwegian version of the Multicomponent Training Distress Scale (MTDS-N) was completed by 608 student athletes (M age = 17.29 ± .94). Univariate and multivariate techniques were used in data analyses. Results revealed significant differences in weekly training volume between sport types. No significant differences in weekly training volume were found for gender, school year, or school program. However, a multivariate effect was found for gender, with females perceiving higher levels of training distress than males. A multivariate interaction effect between school year and training volume was also observed. We recommend that practitioners use a conceptual framework to periodize training and monitor training distress in student athletes, particularly in females, to preserve physiological and psychological well-being and ensure a progressive training overload leading to positive performance development.

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Fig 1. Progression in weekly training volume across school years in different sport types.
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Fig 2. Linear discriminant function plot showing the interaction of weekly training volume by school year and how the training volume groups separate.
The figure shows the means of each training volume group on the composite outcome variable that was created from the observed variables (i.e., training distress). To facilitate the interpretation of the figure, both the rs and the standardized coefficients from Table 5 could be examined.
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