Depression is a major mental health issue among athletes. This study aimed to determine the effect of a rational digital storytelling intervention on depression among a sample of adolescent-athletes with special educational needs. Participants were sixty in-school adolescent-athletes with special educational needs (treatment group, n = 30, control group, n = 30) having moderate to severe depression. The treatment group participated in the rational digital storytelling intervention, over a twelve-week period whereas the control group was exposed to oral storytelling at precisely the same timeframe, with the meeting sessions holding 2 times weekly. The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI II) and The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI) were used for gathering data at 3-time points. Results suggest that exposure to a rational digital storytelling intervention brought about more considerable reduction in mean depression score among the adolescent-athletes in the experimental group when compared with the adolescent-athletes in the control group (t(59) = − 21.312, p = .001, effect size = 5.50). Follow-up results revealed more sustenance of the significant reduction in mean depression score of the adolescent-athletes in the experimental group when compared with the adolescent-athletes in the control group (t(59) = − 16.441, p = .001, effect size = 4.24).

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理性数字叙事干预对有特殊教育需求的青少年运动员抑郁的影响

抑郁症是运动员的主要心理健康问题。本研究旨在确定合理的数字讲故事干预对具有特殊教育需求的青少年运动员样本的抑郁症的影响。参与者是 60 名有特殊教育需求的在校青少年运动员（治疗组，n = 30，对照组，n = 30）患有中度至重度抑郁症。治疗组参加了为期 12 周的理性数字讲故事干预，而对照组则在完全相同的时间范围内接受口头讲故事，每周举行 2 次会议。贝克抑郁量表-II (BDI II) 和儿童和青少年非理性量表 (CASI) 用于在 3 个时间点收集数据。结果表明，与对照组青少年运动员相比，接受合理的数字叙事干预后，实验组青少年运动员的平均抑郁评分降低幅度更大（t(59) = − 21.312, p = .001，效果大小 = 5.50）。随访结果显示，与对照组青少年运动员相比，实验组青少年运动员的平均抑郁评分显着降低（t(59) = − 16.441, p = .001, effect大小 = 4.24）。