Abstract
The cognitive response is an important component of the psychological recovery from athletic injury. This study was aimed to investigate changes in the psychological readiness to return to sport am...
Highlights
Returning to sport participation following athletic injury can be a stressful process which involves physical loss and psychological loss
The results showed the existence of significant differences in Injury-Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport Scale (I-PRRS) scores between periods (χ2 = 36.24, p < .001)
Wilcoxon signed-rank revealed that confidence levels significantly increased before returning to practice, and increased occurred from before practice to before competition and from before competition to after competition (Table 2)
Summary
Returning to sport participation following athletic injury can be a stressful process which involves physical loss and psychological loss. Ricardo de la Vega is an associate professor at the Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid. His main research interests include sport and exercise psychology (high performance, talent development, physical education and health). His recent research topics are related to athletes and emotional responses, psychophysiological response with soldiers in combat context and the psychological response in anxiety context with soccer referees
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