Abstract
Introduction/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a difference in the psychological parameters of life stress and anxiety as risk factors to injury. Methods: Participants in this study are female athletes [n=51, (36 injured, 15 non-injured)] from four various sports teams (basketball, golf, soccer, and softball) at an NCAA Division I college. The participants completed four different questionnaires: an injury report, the Life Events Coping Scale for Collegiate Athletes (LESCA), the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS), and the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT). Results: Results indicated that injured athletes experienced more life stress than non-injured athletes and this difference was statistically significant. Results also showed that in personality competitive anxiety and sport competitive anxiety, non-injured athletes have lower anxiety than injured athletes. Conclusion: This study sought to examine the differences in injured and non-injured athletes between psychological parameters that may lead to injury. The difference in life events between injured and non-injured athletes was statistically significant while the difference in personality competitive anxiety and sport competitive anxiety was not statistically significant.
Highlights
This study sought to examine the differences in psychological parameters that may lead to injury
While there was only a significant difference in one of the psychological predictors, the results showed that both psychological factors of life events stress and anxiety might predict the occurrence of sports injuries
Evidence is provided that almost all athletes, non-injury or injury have a history of negative life events
Summary
Researchers have found an interest in psychological variables and determining whether those variables can predict injury. The main model that has been prevalent in the research of psychology of athletic injuries is the Williams and Andersen stress-based model of the prediction of injury (Williams, 2000). The Williams and Andersen model suggests that personality traits such as hardiness, competitive trait anxiety, locus of control, International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences 8(1): 32-36, 2020 history of stressors, and coping resources are what 2010). Contribute to the prediction of sports injuries (Williams, Petrie et al (2014) aimed to examine the effects of. This model suggests that athletes athletic identity, social support, and mental toughness on with undesirable personality traits and a history of many the life stress-injury relationships
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