Neurodiversity and the mental health and well-being of elite athletes

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Hoare, E., Olive, L., McGinty-Minister, K. L., McMurtry, C., Walton, C. C., Hall, K., Reardon, C. L., Purcell, R., & Berk, M. (2025). Neurodiversity and the mental health and well-being of elite athletes. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 59(16), 1116-1117. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-109325

Publication date: 5 Jun 2025 Added to AutiHub: 7 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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Publication authors
9
Publication authors identified as autistic
2 / 9 (22.2%)
  1. Erin Hoare *
  2. Lisa Olive
  3. Kristin L. McGinty-Minister
  4. Caragh McMurtry *
  5. Courtney C Walton
  1. Kate Hall
  2. Claudia L Reardon
  3. Rosemary Purcell
  4. Michael Berk

Abstract

Neurodiversity and the mental health and well-being of elite athletes

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16
With a DOI
15
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1
3 / 16 (18.8%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
1 / 16 (6.2%)
References with detected author names
15 / 16 (93.8%)
Without detected author names
1
Without a structured title
1
Without a stable identifier
1
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1
References with external metadata lookup issues
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
140
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140
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0
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0
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1
48 / 140 (34.3%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 92 / 140 (65.7%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
4 / 140 (2.9%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 4 / 48 (8.3%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 4 / 127 (3.1%).
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