Increasing conversation about mental health is one way to decrease stigma and prevent/treat maladaptive processes within the context of sport. Due to their proximity and influence over athletes, coaches can increase conversation and change team culture. The objective of this study was to apply the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to explore the factors associated with coach-athlete conversation about mental health. A total of 136 Canadian coaches completed a demographic questionnaire as well as a TPB-based survey measuring Attitudes, Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC), Social Norms and Intention. Intention was measured as Role perception, if a coach believed it was their role to be involved in athlete mental health. Behavior was measured as talking with an athlete(s) about mental health. Approximately 68% of coaches had spoken to athletes about mental health in the last season. The linear regression model predicted a significant amount (42.7%) of the variance in Intention (p < .05) from the three TPB constructs. Logistic regression found a significant interaction effect of PBC and Intention on Behavior (p < .01). Measured TPB construct scores were influenced by previous mental health training, personal experience with mental illness, age group and the act of talking (p < .05). Although a promising amount of coaches spoke to athletes about mental health, improvement is still possible. Mental health training should continue to be promoted to all members of the athletic community. As attitude scores were generally positive, this training should potentially focus more on improving capabilities and social norms.

关于心理健康的更多讨论是减少耻辱感并预防/治疗运动中适应不良的过程的一种方法。由于他们对运动员的亲近力和影响力，教练可以增进对话并改变团队文化。这项研究的目的是应用计划行为理论（TPB）来探讨与教练员关于心理健康的谈话相关的因素。共有136名加拿大教练完成了一项人口统计学问卷以及基于TPB的态度，感知行为控制（PBC），社会规范和意图的调查。如果教练认为参与运动员心理健康是他们的角色，则将意图作为“角色感知”来衡量。行为被测量为与运动员谈论心理健康。在上个赛季，大约68％的教练曾与运动员谈论过心理健康问题。线性回归模型预测了 来自三个TPB构造的意向差异（p <.05）显着（42.7％）。Logistic回归发现PBC和意图对行为有显着的交互作用（p  <.01）。测得的TPB结构得分受先前的心理健康培训，精神疾病的个人经验，年龄段和说话行为的影响（p <.05）。尽管有数量可观的教练就精神健康问题与运动员进行了交谈，但仍有可能改善。应继续向运动界的所有成员推广心理健康培训。由于态度得分总体上是积极的，因此该培训应更多地集中在提高能力和社会规范上。