“…Gauvin & Spence, 1998;Jones, Lane, Bray, Uphill, & Catlin, 2005;Lane, Beedie, & Stevens, 2005;Mellalieu, 2003;Vallerand & Blanchard, 2000). For example, researchers who have embraced a quantitative paradigm to measure athletes' emotional responses to injury have frequently used the Profile of Mood States (POMS; McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman, 1971) as the primary measurement tool, which measures six dimensions of mood: anger, confusion, depression, fatigue, tension and vigor (e.g., Brewer et al, 1995;Chan & Grossman, 1988;Daly et al, 1995;Gallagher & Gardner, 2007;Green & Weinberg, 2001;Grove & Bianco, 1999;Mainwaring, Bisschop, Green, Antoniazzi, Comper, Kristman, et al, 2004;McDonald & Hardy, 1990;Morrey, Stuart, Smith, & WieseBjornstal, 1999;Pearson & Jones, 1992;Quinn & Fallon, 1999;Smith, Scott, O'Fallon, & Young, 1990;Udry, 1997). Although these studies generally demonstrate that athletes' mood states shift from a negative to more positive mood state over time, researchers and practitioners need to interpret these findings with caution with regard to how athletes' emotionally respond to injury.…”