The Impact of Mental Health Professionals in FPS Esports
Bonekamp, Jorit Maarten (2023)
2023
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Mental health is an important topic when it comes to esports. Many organizations and players started focusing and prioritizing mental health more over the last few years. Often described are the dangers and negative health issues that arise while playing games competitively but in this research a closer look will taken at the impact mental health professionals can have on competitive esport players. To understand and give a better perspective to the role that they play and what help they provide for players that are struggling mentally.
Through qualitative research, in the form of interviews, players that compete(d) at the highest level of FPS esports provided their views on the impact of mental health professionals in their respective es-ports. Those views suggested a definite impact on their career by working with a mental health profes-sional and sometimes even on their personal lives. By providing different perspectives, being a third party listener or helping with the stress of competing, mental health professionals provide a variety of help that was explored in this research.
Through qualitative research, in the form of interviews, players that compete(d) at the highest level of FPS esports provided their views on the impact of mental health professionals in their respective es-ports. Those views suggested a definite impact on their career by working with a mental health profes-sional and sometimes even on their personal lives. By providing different perspectives, being a third party listener or helping with the stress of competing, mental health professionals provide a variety of help that was explored in this research.