Injury and stress model

Question 1

Types of injuries

Answer 1

Always multifacted, eg acute vs. overuse, recurrent vs new. Severity: Duration and impact etc.

Usually look at substantial vs non substantial.

Question 2

Prevention of injury

Answer 2

Interventions should be targeted towars specific age/sub groups and/or sport type/level

Question 3

Psychological risk factors

Answer 3

Anxieyt/worry

Hypervigilance

Poor body image

Perfectionism

Limited coping resources

Life event stress

Low mood

Question 4

Socialcultural risks factors

Answer 4

Limited social resources

History of abuse

Social Pressures

Organisational stress

Negative self-appraisal

Question 5

Revised Stress & Injury model

Answer 5

Three factors;
- Personality
- History of stressors
- Coping resources

decide the nature of the stress response:
- Cognitive appraisals
- Physiological/attentional changes

These decide whether a potentially stressful situation end in injury

Question 6

Hisotry of stressors

Answer 6

Positive ass between life events, hassles, previous injury and getting an injury. Even positive life events, eg becoming team captain, can influence it by increased pressure

High level of stress from negative life-event and a strong stress response are best predictor of injury

Question 7

Personality risks

Answer 7

Hardiness, locus of control, sense of coherence, competitive trait anxieyt, motivation and sensation seeking

Question 8

Coping resources

Answer 8

if not sufficient, chance increases. Relaxation skills, meditation, imagery/rehearsal and confidence.