Experience of traumatic situations and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in men with experience of sports injury

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the experience of traumatic events and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in men involved in amateur sports. The participants of the study were men aged 20-30 years (n = 60), who have been engaged in various types of martial arts at the amateur level for 5 years, and do not have sports qualifications. Martial arts as a sport means combat without the use of weapons. This sport is a dangerous injury, characterized by injuries of various localization. The study involved athletes who had no experience of a sports injury (n = 30) and survived the experience of minor injuries (fractures, facial injuries, bruises, dislocations, etc.), without surgical intervention (n = 30). It is shown that, regardless of life experience, the most traumatic events for the respondents are the events of death, illness and injury of a loved one; become an eyewitness or participant in the death, injuring someone. Injuries, diseases associated with the subject himself, as psycho-traumatic events are noted only by men with experience of a sports injury. They are also characterized by a higher level of post-traumatic stress and the corresponding symptoms of obsessive repetition and negative changes in the cognitive-emotional sphere.