According to previous research, professional actors have higher levels of psychopathological symptoms than the general adult population and are more likely to use psychoactive substances (Geer, 1993; Robb, 2017; Maxwell et al., 2015; McFarren, 2003). Warm-up before and cool-down after a play are important factors for maintaining actors' well-being (Panoutsos, 2021). 49 professional Slovenian actresses and actors were included in this research. The thesis includes measures of psychopathological symptoms (depression, stress, anxiety), risk of hazardous and harmful drinking, positive mental health and resilience. In addition, we were also interested in the process of warm-up before and cool-down after a play. The results showed high levels of depression, stress and anxiety, and at the same time high levels of positive mental health. Resilience was comparable to the general adult population. 38.46 % of the participants reported risk of harmful and hazardous drinking. There was a moderate to a high correlation between psychopathological symptoms and positive mental health. The total resilience measure and two subscales – perception of self and planned future, were moderately positively correlated with positive mental health and weakly to moderately negatively correlated with depression, anxiety and stress. The other resilience subscales were not related to the constructs measured. Alcohol use was also not associated with any of the constructs measured. The most frequently reported warm-up strategies were different exercises for psychophysical care. The most frequently reported cool-down strategies were using different chemical stimulants and relaxants. The master thesis provides insights into measures of psychopathological symptoms, harmful and hazardous drinking, resilience and positive mental health in the population of Slovenian professional actors and explores the process of warm-up and cool-down. This highlights the importance of further research among the population of actors in terms of the expression of different psychopathological symptoms and the possibility of developing psychological support for professional actors.
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