Health professionals working in different SUD recovery contexts and environments have the potential to play a key role in promoting sport, as they interact daily with the people under-recovery (clients). Knowing that recovery supports clients to develop healthier, more adaptive, attitudes and behaviours to support their long-term abstinence from substance use, sport is proposed as an alternative environment that can be exploited to adopt these behaviours.<\/p>\n
The study was aimed at professionals involved in SUD recovery, to appropriately deliver tailored sport-based interventions as part of their daily practice. Professionals from SUD recovery agencies in 5 European countries participated in this multi-method research study, which included quantitative and qualitative self-report tools. Data were collected from August 2023 to September 2023<\/p>\n
The multi-method research approach followed a prepared topic guide exploring the COM-B model components. The respondents to the questionnaire indicated their level of agreement with 16 predefined statements about the elements of the COM-B model, four statements about effort and importance, three statements about value and usefulness, and five open-ended questions about the advantages of collaborating between therapists and sport trainers in promoting life skills through clients’ sport
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