1. Psychology of Injury October 24, 2002

2. Importance of Injury as a Topic Physiological skills Appropriate learning environment Personality variables Strategies for managing high stress levels Absence of injury

3. Importance 3-5 million to 17 million per year Primary caregiver is AT staff Larson (1996) study of AT’s working with injured athletes

4. Importance of Injury

5. Model of Stress

6. Personality Variables Related to Onset of Injury Primarily physical in nature (conditions, equipment failure, overtraining) Risk-taking Anxiety

7. Situational Variables Related to Onset of Injury Major & Minor Life Stresses (History) Coping Resources

8. Stressors Stress history contributes to the stress response directly Personality variables & coping may directly affect, or affect through the stress response

9. Stress Response Increases in muscle tension & distractibility Decreases in attention

10. Effects of Injury Loss of social support system Uncertainty about immediate future Loss of confidence Athletic identity- if involuntary, higher risk.

11. Psychological Response to Injury & Rehabilitation Wiese-Bjornstal et al. (1998): Integrated model of psychological response to the sport injury and rehabilitation process

12. Integrated Model Personal factors Situational factors

13. Cognitive Appraisal

14. Emotional Response

15. Behavioral Response

16. Integrated Model Core of model = arrows Dynamic process Cognitive appraisal should affect emotional responses, which will influence behavioral response Why are there arrows going in a counterclockwise direction?