Olivier Y. Rouquette

Swansea University | SWAN · College of Medicine

Background People under the care of mental health services are at increased risk of suicide. Existing studies are small in scale and lack comparisons. Aims To identify opportunities for suicide prevention and underpinning data enhancement in people with recent contact with mental health services. Method This population-based study includes people...

Background Concern that self-harm and mental health conditions are increasing in university students may reflect widening access to higher education, existing population trends and/or stressors associated with this setting. Aims To compare population-level data on self-harm, neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions between university student...

The overall aim of the present study was to understand how dancers’ perception and parents’ own perceptions of parents’ responsiveness and competence support were associated with dancers’ self-perceptions and thriving. In total, 64 dancers and 91 parents for a total of 52 matching dyads participated in the study. Dancers were aged 7–24 years, train...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic posed an unprecedented global challenge, with past evidence suggesting negative psychological effects with the additional concern that social and physical restrictions might disproportionately affect adolescents. Aims To explore mental health and its wider determinants in young people in the UK during 1 year of the...

Objective and ApproachThey are growing concerns that self-harm and mental health conditions are increasing in university students. This may reflect widening access to higher education, existing population trends or stressors associated with this setting. We linked real-world data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency between 2012-2018 with pr...

Objective and ApproachPupils ‘Educated in Other Than At School’ (EOTAS) are some of the most vulnerable learners, who, for reasons such as mental health or behavioural difficulties, do not attend a mainstream school. We linked population data from Education Wales (EDUW) between 2010-19 to primary and secondary healthcare records. Individuals includ...

Background Population‐based studies have observed sex biases in the diagnosis and treatment of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Females are less likely to be diagnosed or prescribed ADHD medication. This study uses national healthcare records, to investigate sex differences in diagnosis and clinical care in young people with ADHD, p...

Background Parental difficulties, including mental ill health, substance misuse, domestic violence and learning disability have been associated with children entering out-of-home care. There is also evidence that these issues may co-occur within families. Understanding how the co-occurrence of these difficulties is associated with care entry is co...

Background: There is little information about characteristics and long-term outcomes of individuals who self-harm during a suicide cluster. Aims: To compare characteristics of individuals who self-harmed during a suicide cluster in South Wales (∼10 deaths between December 2007 and March 2008) with others who self-harmed prior to the cluster and to...

Background Population-based studies have observed sex biases in the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Females are less likely to be diagnosed or prescribed ADHD medication. This study uses national healthcare records, to investigate sex differences in diagnosis and clinical care in young people with ADHD, p...

The purpose of this study was to examine temporally distal influence at a three-month interval of perceived parental responsiveness on athletes’ goal accomplishment, trait cognitive sport anxiety, and thriving. Young players (154 males, 51 females, M = 12.50 years, SD = 0.65) involved in rugby, basketball, and handball participated in the study. In...

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between young players’ perception of mother’s and father’s responsiveness with their self-esteem, anxiety (i.e., worry), and thriving (i.e., positive affect, vitality, and life satisfaction). In total, 314 male British rugby players with a mean age of 16.23 years (SD = 0.26) completed the stu...

Parent-athlete relationships are central to athletes’ optimal well-being and experiences in sport. Nonetheless, despite being considered within numerous theories and models, parent-athlete relationships are often only studied implicitly. Thus, the purpose of this review is to critically examine theory and research pertaining to parent-athlete relat...

The role and importance of parents within sport cannot be underestimated. It is only as a result of parents’ support and encouragement that many children are able to participate in sport. More than this, parents are vital in helping to ensure that the experience children have in sport is not only enjoyable but also safe. Unfortunately, parents are...

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of parental responsive support (observed) and perceived parental responsive support on athletes’ self-perceptions and thriving. Methods Forty-one French-speaking Belgian individual sport athletes aged 12–15 years (M = 13.13, SD = 0.90) and one of their parent’s spent 10 min discussin...

Le sport peut être à la fois une opportunité de développement positif, mais également avoir de nombreuses conséquences négatives et mener à l’adversité. La psychologie du sport peut servir comme approche préventive en agissant à plusieurs niveaux. Le modèle de développement de la participation sportive (MDPS) postule que la diversification des prat...

Sport plays an important role in the lives of children and adolescents, and can have a profound effect on family life (Côté, 1999). For instance, parents and children often spend large amounts of time together travelling to and from training, attending competitions, and discussing performances (Clarke & Harwood, 2014; Knight, Little, Harwood, & Goo...

Les étudiants-athlètes engagés à l’université sont confrontés à un double challenge : performer à haut niveau dans leur discipline sportive, et réussir leurs études universitaires. Dans le cadre de ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés à la performance et à la réussite académique de ces étudiants-athlètes engagés à l’UCL. Afin de mener nos invest...