Athletes have been identified as a group reluctant to seek mental health support and often report stigma and negative attitudes toward help-seeking as barriers. Resilience is seen as a desired psychological characteristic by those involved in sport, shown to guard against stressors, and related to enhanced psychological well-being. Researchers, however, have yet to investigate the relationship between stigma and resilience, and how each may be associated with attitudes toward mental health help-seeking in athletes. A total of 297 athletes from the United Kingdom completed an online survey containing measures of personal stigma, self-stigma, resilience, and positive attitudes toward mental health help-seeking. Correlations showed both stigma types were positively related to one another but had no association with resilience. A multiple linear moderation model further revealed both stigmas were negatively related to positive help-seeking attitudes, whereas resilience had no association. No moderation effects were found between any pair of independent variables.
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