Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural intervention on mental health in young footballers: A quasi-experimental study

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World J Psychiatry. Jun 19, 2026; 16(6): 118232
Published online Jun 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i6.118232

Table 3 Comparison between groups in trait anxiety (Mann-Whitney and Hedges’ g)

Moment	Group	Sample size	mean ± SD	P value	g (Hedges)
Pre-test	Control	32	22.38 ± 5.71	0.914	0.118
Pre-test	Experimental	24	21.71 ± 5.43
Post-test	Control	32	22.97 ± 6.74	0.327	0.336
Post-test	Experimental	24	20.92 ± 4.87

P: Probability associated with the contrast statistic (Mann-Whitney U test in intergroup comparisons); Hedges’ g: Effect size corrected for independent samples (0.20 = small, 0.50 = medium, 0.80 = large).

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Citation: Moreno-Fenoll B, Gil-Caselles L, Gomez-Espejo V, Garcia-Naveira A, Ruiz-Barquín R, Olmedilla-Zafra A. Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural intervention on mental health in young footballers: A quasi-experimental study. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(6): 118232
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v16.i6.118232

Moreno-Fenoll B, Gil-Caselles L, Gomez-Espejo V, Garcia-Naveira A, Ruiz-Barquín R, Olmedilla-Zafra A. Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural intervention on mental health in young footballers: A quasi-experimental study. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(6): 118232 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i6.118232]

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