Psychological Predictors of Injury Occurrence: A Prospective Investigation of Professional Swedish Soccer Players

Ivarsson, Andréas; Johnson, Urban; Podlog, Leslie

doi:10.1123/jsr.22.1.19

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“…Clarsen and Bahr (2014), we chose to define PERFECTIONISM AND INJURY 9 injury specifically for the present study's context and population. As such, an athlete was defined as injured if the athlete required medical treatment and missed at least one training session or competition (see Ivarsson, Johnson, & Podlog, 2013). Of the 80 athletes, 38 experienced no injury, 24 one injury, 14 two injuries, and 4 three injuries over the course of the study.…”

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Perfectionism predicts injury in junior athletes: Preliminary evidence from a prospective study

Madigan

Stoeber

Forsdyke

et al. 2017

Journal of Sports Sciences

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According to the stress-injury model (Williams & Andersen, 1998), personality factors predisposing athletes to elevated levels of stress may increase the risk of injury. As perfectionism has been associated with chronic stress, it may be one such personality factor. So far, however, no study has investigated the relationships between perfectionism and injury utilising a prospective design. Therefore, the present study examined perfectionistic strivings, perfectionistic concerns, and injury in 80 junior athletes from team and individual sports (mean age 17.1 years, range 16-19 years) over 10 months of active training. The results of logistic regression analyses showed that perfectionism positively predicted injury, but only perfectionistic concerns emerged as a significant positive predictor. The likelihood of sustaining an injury was increased by over 2 times for each 1 SD increase in perfectionistic concerns. The findings suggest that perfectionistic concerns may be a possible factor predisposing athletes to an increased risk of injury.

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Perfectionism predicts injury in junior athletes: Preliminary evidence from a prospective study

Madigan

Stoeber

Forsdyke

et al. 2017

Journal of Sports Sciences

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“…Another reason that caused participant's heart rate decrement during the trial could be due to their injuries started to recovering. Also, Ivarsson, Johnson, and Podlog [54] proposed five psychological predictors of injury occurrence (trait anxiety, negative-life-event stress, hassle, maladaptive coping, and injuries). In this study, participants who performed the imagery intervention had reported that lower anxiety level over the 12 weeks of intervention.…”

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The effect of warmth imagery on physiological, physical, and psychological states among injured youth sepak takraw athletes: A case study design

Bhasavanija¹,

Kuan²,

Exercise³

2017

Int. J. Sport Exc. Health Res.

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The aim of this current study was to examine whether warmth imagery could affect the body temperature, heart rate, quality of life, anxiety, pain rating, and the perception of hand warmth among two female injured Thai Sepak Takraw athletes. Both participants, P1 and P2 female (aged 18 years old) suffered with torn anterior cruciate knee ligament (Grade II), from the Bang Mod Campus, Bangkok Sports School. They participated in 12 sessions of imagery interventions focusing on motivational, relaxation, breathing, concentration and warmth imagery. The results showed that imagery interventions showed decreased in heart rate, increased in body temperature, increased in the perception of warmth, and improvement in the psychological state, which includes the quality of life, anxiety, and pain. The study suggests that the use of warmth imagery intervention showed positive effects on the physiological, physical and psychological on both injured athletes. Thus, similar intervention could be recommended to the injured athletes, to use such intervention during their rehabilitation process.

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“…Only a few studies has been identified where they have used the SSP instrument [8,30]. One study was performed on junior soccer players, where the aim was to develop psychological predictors in order to reduce injury risks among young soccer players [8].…”

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Personality Traits in Swedish High School Alpine Skiers Ã¢ÂÂ A Comparison between Injured and Uninjured Skiers

Johansson¹,

Westin²,

Levin³

et al. 2015

J Psychol Psychother

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Objective: Prevention of alpine ski injuries is less studied when it comes to psychological aspects. The aim of the present investigation was to study if there were any relationships between some personality traits and alpine ski injuries. Additionally, find out if gender could be a significant factor in these relationships.Methods: 298 alpine skiers (139 males, 159 females) at a Swedish ski high school completed the Swedish universities Scales of Personality (SSP). SSP is a self-report personality inventory containing 91 items divided into 13 subscales regarding e.g. stress susceptibility, impulsivity and sensation seeking behavior. Three groups of skiers were analyzed those without any injuries, with one injury, and with two or more injuries.Results: Injury rate was significantly related to stress susceptibility (p=0,046) with higher values for the uninjured skiers and the lowest values for the group with higher injury rates (for both males and females). No signficant relationships were found between adventure seekiing, impulsivity, and anxiety proness and injury rate. Conclusion:Stress susceptibility seems to be a preventing factor in alpine skiing injuries among skiers 16-20 years old.

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Psychological Predictors of Injury Occurrence: A Prospective Investigation of Professional Swedish Soccer Players

Abstract: The findings highlight the need for athletes, coaches, and medical practitioners to attempt to reduce state-level stressors, especially daily hassles, in minimizing injury risk. Educating and training athletes and coaches in proactive stress-management techniques appears warranted.

Cited by 140 publications

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Perfectionism predicts injury in junior athletes: Preliminary evidence from a prospective study

Perfectionism predicts injury in junior athletes: Preliminary evidence from a prospective study

The effect of warmth imagery on physiological, physical, and psychological states among injured youth sepak takraw athletes: A case study design

Personality Traits in Swedish High School Alpine Skiers Ã¢ÂÂ A Comparison between Injured and Uninjured Skiers

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Psychological Predictors of Injury Occurrence: A Prospective Investigation of Professional Swedish Soccer Players

Abstract: The findings highlight the need for athletes, coaches, and medical practitioners to attempt to reduce state-level stressors, especially daily hassles, in minimizing injury risk. Educating and training athletes and coaches in proactive stress-management techniques appears warranted.

Cited by 140 publications

References 32 publications

Perfectionism predicts injury in junior athletes: Preliminary evidence from a prospective study

Perfectionism predicts injury in junior athletes: Preliminary evidence from a prospective study

The effect of warmth imagery on physiological, physical, and psychological states among injured youth sepak takraw athletes: A case study design

Personality Traits in Swedish High School Alpine Skiers Ã¢ÂÂ A Comparison between Injured and Uninjured Skiers

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