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INTRODUCTION \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 THIS STUDY AIMED TO INVESTIGATE ELITE ATHLETES\u2019 MENTAL WELL-BEING, AND TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE PERSONAL FACTOR RESILIENCE AND THE SOCIAL FACTOR SOCIAL SUPPORT CAN PLAY A\u00a0ROLE IN PROMOTING MENTAL WELL-BEING AND LIFE SATISFACTION. IN ADDITION, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STUDIES TO INVESTIGATE WELL-BEING AMONG ELITE ATHLETES WHO ARE FROM A\u00a0REGION BELONGING TO AN UNRECOGNISED NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE OLYMPIC GAMES. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MATERIAL AND METHODS \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 EIGHTY-FOUR FULL-TIME ELITE ATHLETES (37 MALES, 47 FEMALES) WITH MEAN AGE OF 22.36 YEARS OLD PARTICIPATED IN THIS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH STUDY. FORMAL LETTERS DESCRIBING THE PURPOSE AND ORGANISER OF THE STUDY WERE SENT TO THE SPORT ENTITIES IN MACAO ASKING THEIR PERMISSION FOR THE RESEARCHERS TO CONTACT THE ELITE ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY. AFTER GAINING THE PERMISSION, THE ELITE ATHLETES BELONGING TO THESE ENTITIES WERE APPROACHED INDIVIDUALLY, TO INFORM THEM OF THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY AND RECEIVE THEIR CONSENT. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 RESULTS \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 REGRESSION REVEALED THAT EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ADAPTABILITY OF RESILIENCE WERE STRONG POSITIVE PREDICTORS OF MENTAL WELL-BEING. ADDITIONALLY, MENTAL WELL-BEING WAS FOUND TO BE A\u00a0STRONG POSITIVE PREDICTOR OF LIFE SATISFACTION. THE RESULTS REFLECTED THAT IN ELITE ATHLETES POSSESSING HIGH ADAPTABILITY AND RECEIVING MORE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT COULD HELP TO MAINTAIN THEIR MENTAL WELL-BEING. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 CONCLUSIONS \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 IMPLICATIONS (BASED ON THE FINDINGS) ARE DISCUSSED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS FOR POLICY MAKERS OR COACHES HOW TO PROMOTE ELITE ATHLETES\u2019 MENTAL WELL-BEING.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-434181","tnc_col_19837_item","type-tnc_col_19837_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-health-sciences","tnc_tax_19659-journal-article"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 2 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 5:24 \u4e0b\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 6:32 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19993":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19993","name":"SDGs"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19664":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19664","name":"SUBJECT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["Journal Article<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Journal Article<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436099,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434181\/revisions\/436099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}